[INVOCATION] [00:00:11] >> WE HAVE A SOCIAL CROWD THIS AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO DO OUR INVOCATION AND THEY WILL HAVE OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE. >> THESE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. LORD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AS WE BEGIN A NEW FISCAL YEAR WILL BE CHALLENGED BY INFLATION, DWINDLING WORKFORCE AND AN AGING POPULATION. HELP THE COMMISSION TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE WITH FOCUS PLANNING, ACCURATE ORGANIZATION AND QUALITY EXECUTION. GUIDE US AS WE PLAN FOR CHANGING CLAY COUNTY AND KEEP IT RELEVANT TO THE PLACE WE WISH TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. LORD, BE WITH THE SICK AND AFFLICTED FOR MANY OF THEM SACRIFICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY. PLEASE BLESS THE INTEREST OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE USS GERALD R FORD TRADE GROUP AS THEY HAD TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. ALL THIS WAY. IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN. >> OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE THIS AFTERNOON IS A CORPORAL JAMES MURPHY. CORPORAL MURPHY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND PROVIDE MISSION SUPPORT DURING OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. HE WORKED AS A CREW CHIEF FOR CH 40 6B HELICOPTERS AND SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED FROM SEARCH EVASION RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE TRAINING IN A 1982. A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT CORPORAL MURPHY IS THAT HE COMPLETED 90 DAYS OF TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT DUTY ORDERS IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. LITTLE COLDER THAN HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, CORPORAL MURPHY, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AND SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU WISH. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MA'AM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP AND ADDRESS THE BOARD. IT IS NICE THAT VETERANS IT RECOGNIZED HERE IN A CLAY COUNTY AND NOT JUST HERE AT WORK. AS WELL AS ACTRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE YOU ALL MAKE THEM AS WELL, YOU SERVE AS WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME UP INTO THE PLEDGE. MOST VETERANS PROBABLY SAY THE PLEDGE STILL HERE TODAY AND I'M GRATEFUL YOU LET ME DO THIS AND AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS WOULD GIVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IT HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN, WELL RECEIVED AND WE APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] [CALL TO ORDER] >> I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING FOR OCTOBER 10, 2023, [PET ADOPTIONS] LITERALLY RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND WILL MOVE RIGHT TO PET ADOPTIONS. >> OUR FIRST DOG TODAY IS REX A NEUTERED MALE NEXT. THREE YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 60 POUNDS. REX CAME JUST TERRIFIED AND NOT A FAN OF BEING ON A LEASH. HE HAS SINCE LEARNED THAT THE LEASH IS A GOOD THING AND NOW HE CAN'T WAIT TO COME OUT SO HE CAN SPEND TIME WITH HIS HUMAN AND DOG FRIENDS. REX WE DO BEST IN A HOME WITH ANOTHER DOG BECAUSE THEY MAKE HIM FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN THE WORLD HE IS UP TO DATE ON VACCINES AND MICROCHIPS. OUR NEXT DOG IS WALDO NEUTERED MALE NEXT. THREE YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS 50 POUNDS. WHERE'S WALDO? NAPPING. WALDO IS AN EASY-GOING DOG WHO THINKS THE LAID-BACK WILDLIFE IS JUST THE LIFE HE WANTS. HE DOESN'T MIND HAVING ANOTHER DOG FRIEND, EITHER. WHEN THAT IS LAID-BACK LIKE HE IS AND WHO OCCASIONALLY ENGAGES IN ZOOMING AROUND THE YARD. HE IS NEVER LOST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WALDO. THANKS RED AND WHITE STRIPED SHIRTS ARE THE THING LIKES HIS DOG FRIENDS ON THE CON SIDE, NOT TOO SHABBY WALKING ON A LEASH. HE IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES AND HE IS MICROCHIPS. ALTHOUGH HIS HEARTWORM POSITIVE HIS TREATMENT IS COVERED BY CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. OUR FIRST CAT TODAY IS KIRBY NEUTERED MALE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR TWO YEARS OLD. KIRBY IS A SHY GUY THAT NEEDS A QUIET, LESS ACTIVE HOME TO DRIVE IN. ALTHOUGH HE DOES FINE WITH OTHER CATS AND DOGS HE WOULD DO BETTER IN A HOME WHERE HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY. KIRBY IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES AND MICROCHIPS. LASTLY, WE HAVE A BABY GIRL SPAYED FEMALE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR WHEN YOU'RE OLD. THE GIRL WAS LEFT ON OUR PROPERTY AT CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. SHE WAS HUNGRY AND SCARED HER TUMMY THAT THE BEST OF HER SO WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO CATCH HER. SHE WOULD DO BEST IN A HOME [00:05:01] HOME WITH A LOT OF SOFT BEDS FOR HER TO STOP ON. SHE IS UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINES AND MICROCHIPS. WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF FOSTER PARENTS FOR DOGS, CATS AND KITTENS CONSIDERABLY YOUR HOME TEMPORARILY JOIN OUR KITCHEN CREW WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FOSTERS IF INTERESTED CONTACT JUST MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT LEAVE THE EDITOR. [Community Rating System Score Improvement Recognition] [1.  National Fire Prevention Week (October 8-14, 2023)] [00:18:42] WEARING LOOSE CLOTHING TO PAY ATTENTION. SOME OF THE DATA I WAS LOOKING [00:18:47] THROUGH THE SENSE OF EFFECT. WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER LOT OF GOOD POINT YOU CAN FIND ON THE FIRST SAFETY TIPS. [APPLAUSE] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS [2.  Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October 2023)] [00:20:11] MONTH. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON AVERAGE NEARLY 20 PEOPLE. PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THE UNITED STATES. WE CAN FILL THIS MEETING ROOM WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN UNDER 12 MINUTES. THE MYSTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR BUT IT'S PREVENTABLE AND TALKING ABOUT IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS TO MR. BROWN'S AWARENESS MONTH TO HELP INCREASE AWARENESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. TODAY WE HAVE WITH US ALAN WAS IN THE INTERIM CEO OF AAA HEALTH AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE ME YOU HAVE WITH YOU IT IS CLAY COUNTY'S ONLY DUAL CERTIFIED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER SO THEY WILL JOIN US AND COMMISSIONER WILL DO THE PROCLAMATION AND WILL HAVE IS A LITTLE BIT. >> WHEREAS EACH DAY ACROSS THE U.S. AND ITS TERRITORIES MORE THAN A 79,000 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SICK SERVICES FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS AND SHELTERS THAT CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, CAN PROVIDE A WAY TO ESCAPE AND GIVE SURVIVORS A CHANCE FOR A NEW LIFE AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHOWS ITSELF NOT ONLY IN PHYSICAL ABUSE BUT IN EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL ABUSE THAT TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY CREATES A SITUATION THAT IS CURRENTLY HARD TO LEAVE, HEAL FROM AND OVERCOME AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS WIDE-RANGING AND THE CRIME DOES NOT KNOW RACE, AGE, GENDER OR INCOME WHICH AFFECTS THAT CAN BE FELT IN ALL FACETS OF SOCIETY HERE IN THE CLAY COUNTY AND CROSBY U.S. AND WHEREAS LEAVING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND CAN TAKE TIME AND THE NEED FOR SAFE HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE AMONG SURVIVORS MOST URGENT NEEDS ALONG WITH OTHER NECESSARY RESOURCES AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR BUT IT CAN BE PREVENTED WITH THE COLLECTIVE VOICE AND POWER OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS SYSTEMS ALONG THE UNDERSTANDING THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND TALKING ABOUT IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEREAS CLAY COUNTY JOINS OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE NATION AND SUPPORTED SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND COMMENCED LOCAL PROGRAMS, STATE COALITIONS, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO ABUSERS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT TOLERATED IN THE CLAY COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA HEREBY DOES COMPLAIN OCTOBER 2023 AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA IS THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2020. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND OF COURSE THERE IS --. >> THANK YOU FIRST INTRODUCED JACKIE SHE'S A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I WANTED TO THINK THE COMMISSION FOR THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN FOR US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THIS IS OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY SO FOR 35 YEARS WITH PROVIDING SAFE SHELTER AND SERVICES FOR VICTIMS AND THEIR CHILDREN HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY AND ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT COLLABORATE WITH US AND HELP MAKE A SYSTEM THAT TRULY WORKS WELL. SO, THANK YOU. [3.  World Polio Day (October 24, 2023)] >> AND YOU WILL LOSE THEY ARE WEARING PURPLE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS FOR OCTOBER. OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR TODAY IS ONE THAT IS SPECIAL TO OUR COUNTY MANAGER, COMMISSIONER RENNINGER AND I, AS WE ARE ALL ROTARIANS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A POPULATION FOR WORLD POLIO DAY. OFFICIALLY THIS WILL BE CELEBRATED OCTOBER 24, 2023 WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING DATE BUT WE WANTED HAVE THE PROCLAMATION MADE AHEAD OF TIME. SO THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND THEIR PARTNERS IN THEIR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND OTHERS 3 MILLION CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IMMUNIZED AGAINST THE POLIO VIRUS. WE HAVE SEVERAL REPRESENTED US FROM OUR LOCAL ROTARY CLUBS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. IF YOU WILL JOIN US BEFORE AND I HAVE A LIST BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THAT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT COME ON UP IF YOU'RE A ROTARIAN RALPH WILL COME UP [00:25:03] WITH YOU I'M SO YOU UP THERE WAS NOT GOING TO LET YOU HIDE. AND I'M GOING TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO COMMISSIONER RENNINGER WHO WILL DO THE PROCLAMATION. COME ON, DO YOU WANT US TO GIVE YOU A CHAIR, YOUR GOOD, OKAY. AFTER COMMISSIONER RENNINGER DOES THE PROCLAMATION WILL LET EACH OF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US WHICH ROTARY CLUB YOU ARE WITH. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND A REVOCATION OF THE DISEASE IS SIGNIFICANT AS POLIO AS AN ESTABLISHMENT. I REMEMBER GROWING UP POLIO WAS A DEBILITATING DISEASE AND ONE OF MY COUSINS HAD IT. ACTUALLY DID FAIRLY WELL IN RECOVERY SO THANKFULLY FOR HER. WHEREAS POLIO IS ONE OF THE MOST FEARED DISEASES IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY PARALYZING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EVERY YEAR AND WHEREAS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHED A GLOBAL EFFORT TO IMMUNIZE THE WORLD'S CHILDREN AGAINST POLIO IN 1985 POLIO PLUS AND HELPED ESTABLISH A GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE IN 1998 WITH ROTARY, IT'S CORE PARTNERS IN THE HELP OF 20 MILLION VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN THE 200 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. WHEREAS SINCE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE BEGAN WITH THE 3 MILLION CHILDREN BEEN IMMUNIZED AGAINST THE POLIO VIRUS IN THE GLOBAL INCIDENCE OF POLIO CASES DECREASED BY 99 PERCENT WITH THE WORLD STANDING ON THE THRESHOLD OF ERADICATING THIS DISEASE. WHEREAS WORLD POLIO DAY IS A TIME FOR ROTARY MEMBERS, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES AND ALL WHO WANT A WORLD FREE FROM POLIO TO COME TOGETHER, RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT TO END POLIO AND TALK ABOUT THE ACTIONS STILL NEEDED TO END POLIO FORGET. WHEREAS THE RODEO CLUBS IN THE CLAY COUNTY INCLUDING ORANGE PARK SUNRISE, ORANGE PARK SUNSET, ORANGE PARK NUDE, FLEMING ISLAND, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, NORTHEAST FLORIDA, RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT, FLEMING ISLAND INTERACT, ST. JOHN'S CLASSICAL ACADEMY INTERACT AND ST. JOHN'S COUNTY DAY INTERACT SPONSOR SERVICE PROJECTS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES SUCH AS POVERTY AND DISEASE AND WE CELEBRATED WORLD POLIO DAY ON OCTOBER 24, 2023. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 24, 2023 AS A WORLD POLIO DAY IN A CLAY COUNTY. IN SO DOING COMMENCED OUSTING THE WORK OF OUR LOCAL ROTARY CLUBS AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT FOR A POLIO FREE WORLD. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF GRAHAM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PROPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS? GO RIGHT AHEAD. [APPLAUSE] >> I HAD A LITTLE SPEECH HERE. THANK YOU THEY PROBABLY SHOULD USE IT EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY SO THIS WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET. LET'S INTRODUCE THE CLAY COUNTY ROTARY CLUB LEADERS THAT MAY PROGRAMS LIKE WORLD POLIO DAY AND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR AS FAR AS SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE. FROM THE PETER DID IN COURT WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE ORANGE PARK SUNRISE CLUB, MY CLUB. JACK, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE ORANGE PARK NUDE CLUB. RICHARD PRESIDENT OF GREEN GROVE SPRINGS CALLED AND BOB WHO JUST SHOWED UP HE IS A SECRETARY OF THE SUNSET CLUB. YOU HEARD ABOUT ALL THE INTERACT CLUBS THOSE ARE HIGH SCHOOL AGED KIDS THAT ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO ROTARY. AND THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT WORLD POLIO THERE. THE RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB WILL BE CELEBRATING WORLD POLIO DAY AND ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A PURPLE PINK PROGRAM WHERE THEY WILL BE SIMULATING YOUNG FIVE-YEAR-OLD OR UNDER WHO GETS A SUGAR CUBE IN SOME PART OF THE WORLD AND AS YOU HEARD THERE'S ONLY TWO COUNTRIES WHERE THE WILD POLIO VIRUS IS ENDEMIC AND THAT'S AFGHANISTAN [00:30:01] AND PAKISTAN. ANYWAY, CHILDREN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO PLUS AND AFTER FINGERNAIL POLISH PURPLE FINGER NAIL POLISH ON THE PINKY SIMULATING WHAT IS DONE AROUND THE WORLD AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A BAKE SALE AND ALL THE PROCEEDS FOR THAT WILL GO TO POLIO PLUS. THESE KIDS PROBABLY HAD POLIO CUBES WHEN THEY WERE KIDS BUT MOST KIDS DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT POLIO. UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL WE ERADICATE IT IT'S STILL A DREADED DISEASE WITH THE PARALYSIS THAT FOLLOWS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> YOU DIDN'T TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHAT CLUB YOU ARE IN? >> I AM A GORDON REYNOLDS AND IN THE ORANGE PARK SUNRISE CLU . I'M THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF OUR CLUB AND WORLD POLIO DAY PROJECTS HAS BEEN MINE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO, I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. >> BRIAN CAMPBELL ORANGE PARK SUNRISE. >> RICHARD PRESIDENT OF GREEN WORK SPRINGS. >> ORANGE PARK SUNRISE. >> RALPH ORANGE PARK SUNSET. >> SUSAN HILL ORANGE PARK SUNRISE AND ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT FOR AREA THREE. ASK JACK ORANGE PARK NUDE, PRESIDENT-ELECT. >> PETER PRESIDENT OF ORANGE PARK SUNRISE. >> HOWARD ROTARY CLUB OF JACKSONVILLE AND PRESIDENT-ELECT THERE AND HAVE BEEN THERE 10 YEARS. >> GREEN COVE SPRINGS ROTARY CLUB. >> AND KEYSTONE HEIGHTS WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT BUT I'LL TAKE THEM TO THERE'S TOMORROW AT 8 AM IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US, NOBODY WANTS TO DRIVE THAT FAR, AT ANY RATE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE JUST GATHER HERE AND WILL TAKE SOME PHOTOS. [APPLAUSE] [4.  Public meeting of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, for an open house public meeting in Keystone Heights regarding Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park] >> WE HAVE ONE DECLARATION ON TODAY'S AGENDA REGARDING A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IT REQUIRES THAT I READ IT WORD FOR WORD SO THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO. PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 120 OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF RECREATION AND PARKS IS REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE ITS UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETING AT A COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. THE OPEN HOUSE PUBLIC MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 18, 2023 IN THE CITY OF KEYSTONE HEIGHTS HISTORIC BEACH PAVILION LOCATED AT 565 S. LAWRENCE BOULEVARD AND KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FLORIDA 32656 AND IS IN REGARD TO PARK UPDATE PLANS FOR MIKE ROESS GOLD HEAD BRANCH STATE PARK. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS ATTACHED TO THE ONLINE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING. AND RECENT I WOULD ADD RECENTLY [Florida Forest Service Annual Clay County Commissioners Report (C. Scott, M. Maylon)] [00:35:11] THEY PRESENTED AT OUR ROTARY CLUB MEETING AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING PLANS HE WILL WANT TO MISS THAT IF YOU CAN'T GO TO THE MEETING CHECK IT OUT WHEN THEY ARE DONE IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. SO, NO LONGER SMOKING THERE BUT AT ANY RATE. PART OF OUR FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE ANNUAL CLAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REPORT BE PRESENTED TO US THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE HERE TO PRESENT IN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ARE YOU MR. SCOTT? WE HAVE CARLTON AND SCOTT THE CLAY AND JAMAAL COUNTY FORSTER PRESENTING THE COOPERATIVE FORESTRY SECTION OF THE REPORT AND MICHELLE MAYLON FOR PRESENTED CHAIR AND DAVID SECREST WILL PRESENT THE FIRE CONTROL SECTION. AT ANY RATE, WHEN YOU ARE READY GO AHEAD AND PRESENT TO US. >> MY NAME IS CARLTON ON THE COUNTY FORSTER FOR DURABLE AND CLAY COUNTIES. I WORK AS A COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANT FORSTER SO HELP LANDOWNERS WITH VARIOUS FORESTRY RELATED TASKS THIS INCLUDES LIKE WRITING AND MANAGEMENT PLANS OR SIMPLE SHADE TREE CALLS GETTING MONEY FOR REFORESTATION THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I CAME INTO THIS POSITION IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JULY OF THIS YEAR SO I COME IN RIGHT AFTER THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR ENDED WHICH IS WHAT THIS REPORT IS ON. AND OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR MY PREDECESSOR JOHN JOHNSON DID FIVE COURSE MANAGEMENT PLANS. 156 ACRES, FOR ARBOR DAY EVENTS WHICH ARE TREEPLANTING EVENTS FOR THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION USUALLY DONE IN JANUARY WITH 137 ATTENDEES. ATTEND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND OVER 11,000 ATTENDEES. IT'S SOMETHING URBAN ENTRY INSPECTIONS SO THOSE ARE JUST LIKE HEALTH CHECKS FOR TREES FOR HOMEOWNERS. WE HAD ONE AERIAL SURVEY PLOOKING FOR SOUTHERN PINE DAMAGE IN THE CLAY COUNTY WE DID NOT FIND ANY. THE STATE FOREST IN THE CLAY COUNTY INCLUDE JENNINGS ANNABELLE MARK. WE HAD ONE HARVEST ON THE JENNINGS AND ONE OF THE WAR. THEY WERE ALMOST 3000 ACRES BURNED IN THE STATE FOREST IN THE CLAY COUNTY HERE. WE HAD ONE ANCHOR OF INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES. WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION VISITORS BETWEEN THE BILTMORE AND CLAY STATE FOREST. WE ALSO HEADED TEACHERS TOWARD THIS LAST YEAR WE SHOWED TEACHERS WHAT OUR INDUSTRY IS ALL ABOUT THE PRODUCTS WE HAVE GOING ON AND THEN WE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVENTS POSTED AT THE JENNINGS AND BELLMORE STATE FOREST. AND MICHELLE WILL PRESENT. >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS MICHELLE MAYLON OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CHAIR COORDINATOR WITH A DURABLE, CLAY IN A NASSAU DISTRICT IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. SPECIFICALLY THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING ANY KIND OF COORDINATION WITH US, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT FALLS INTO MY RESPONSIBILITY MORE SPECIFICALLY THIS GENTLEMAN IS ALSO RELATED FOR OUT HERE MR. CORBIN WALL HE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO CLAY COUNTY SO HE IS WHO YOU IT SHOULD REACH OUT TO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE PROGRAMS. MY LITTLE AREA IS PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET AND ALL AND DAVID DISCUSS SOME THINGS. WE HAD 12 WILDFIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS CONDUCTED FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS THIS PAST YEAR AS WELL AS THE 325,000 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG EVENT IN A LARGE AMOUNT THAT SHUFFLED THROUGH THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE BOOTH. THERE, AS WELL. I WILL LET DAVID TAKE OVER AS FAR AS THE FIRE CONTROL GOES. >> I'M GOING TO RAISE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME I AM THE FOREST AREA OF SERVICE FOR NADER FOR THE CLAY COUNTY FIRE FOLKS. 422-23 WE HAD A PRETTY AVERAGE YEAR, PRETTY GOOD HERE. WE 51 WILDFIRES THE COUNTY SUPPRESSED AT 624 ACRES TOTAL. AND A LOT OF THAT SUCCESS I GOT TO GIVE TO OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. WE ISSUED IN THE COUNTY 835 BROADCAST BURNED AUTHORIZATIONS TOTALING 21,000 ACRES. PRESCRIBED BURNING WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, A BIG NUMBER FOUR PILOT BURNED [00:40:03] AUTHORIZATIONS WITH THE GROWTH WERE SEEN IN THE COUNTY. OPPOSITE, AS THESE DEVELPMENTS AND WHATEVER THERE BE PUT IN THERE WANTING TO BURN A LOT OF THE MATERIAL WITH THE DOING THE LAND CLEARING. WE HAD 1600 71,000 BURN A PILE AUTHORIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY. 87 SITE INSPECTIONS THAT LIKE PUBLIC CALLING US WANTING TO DO SOME BURNING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. WE GO OUT AND ADVISE THEM HOW TO DO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND THEN WE DO NUMEROUS REGULAR PRESCRIBED BURN ASSIST FOR PRIVATE LAND OWNERS. PRIVATE LAND OWNERS THAT WANT TO DO THE ONLY PRESCRIBED BURNING WE ASSIST THEM WITH THAT, TOO. SO YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD YEAR. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. ANY QUESTIONS? >> ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE THIS AFTERNOON WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] WE DO APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP, TOO. [Supporting Hope and Independence with Free Transportation (SHIFT) (G.Gunn)] NEXT WE HAVE GABRIELLE GUN WITH OUR COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES ON OUR SHIFT PROGRAM. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER CHAIR. IT WILL GUNN DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES. IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE WE CURRENTLY HAVE PROGRAMS IN OUR DEPARTMENT BUT ONE I WILL HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS THE SHIFT PROGRAM. SHIFT STANDS FOR SUPPORTING HOPE AND INDEPENDENCE WITH FREE TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND MICHAEL'S WATER IS THE SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR FOR THIS. HE HAS BEEN WITH US PROGRAMS AS THE STAR IS ACTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR ALL THINGS TRANSPORTATION IN THE CLAY COUNTY. I WANT TO START BEFORE YOU SEE THE VIDEO OF LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE TESTIMONY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL THAT SAID IN A LETTER TO MICHAEL REGARDING HIS MOST RECENT BIKE. IT STARTS WITH, JUST RECENTLY I BECAME A RECIPIENT OF A BEAUTIFUL BICYCLE YOUR ORGANIZATION RECEIVES AND/OR HANDLES DURING DISTRIBUTION. NOW, I WILL DO MY BEST TO PREVENT THIS FROM BECOMING A TOO LONG DIDN'T READ BUT PLEASE INDULGE ME FOR A FEW MINUTES. I HAVE LITERALLY WALKED HOLES IN BOTH MY SOCKS AND SHOES. THE HOURS AND MILES OF WALKED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS SON OF LEGS WOULD PUT MY OLD PRACTICE INTO SHAME. AS A WAY THAT MY DAYS IN THE SERVICE GOING ON HOPS. IT'S ONE THING TO WALK FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WHEN YOUR SOUL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION YOU DO IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT'S SO INCREDIBLY HUMBLING OF AN ACT SEEING A BIKERS CYCLE PAST YEAR. THE CARS AND TRUCKS ZOOMING BY AND YOU ARE WALKING WISHING THEM WELL WANTED IT TO BE YOU. I HAVE SPENT THE LAST THREE AND HALF WEEKS HAVING TO WALK FROM ONE PLACE TO THE PLACE AND SO WHEN A CURE FROM A MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD PRESENTED BIKES I AM SHAKING MY HEAD SMILING RIGHT NOW ELATED DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO DESCRIBING THE JOY AND RELIEF THAT COURSED THROUGH MY BODY. NOT ONLY THAT BUT GIVEN MY SITUATION I HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY OLD BIKE FOR ANY MEANS TO AN END, NO, THESE WERE NICE BIKES EQUIPPED WITH BOTH A FRONT AND BACK LED LIGHT, A WORKING PUMP WITH A LOCK AND KEY. WOW! I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE KINDNESS FROM ALL INVOLVED UPON RECEIVING LIKE I CANNOT LET THE ACT GO UNNOTICED OR UNAPPRECIATED. I AM SURE ALL INVOLVED NEW THESE DO THESE THINGS OFTEN SO MUCH THAT IT BECOMES ROUTINE AND ONE COULD EASILY GET CAUGHT UP IN GOING TO THE MOTIONS. THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING BUT EVEN AS YOU PLANT A GARDEN ACRE OF PRETTY FLOWERS I DO PAUSE OFTEN AND APPRECIATE WORK, SMELL THE FLOWERS AND KNOW YOU AND THOSE AROUND YOU ARE TRULY DOING A GREAT SERVICE. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S INDIVIDUALS LIKE THESE THAT WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CARRIED MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD AND A HIGH INITIATIVE TO GET THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ITEMS INDIVIDUALS. >> A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE JUST SAID THEY FALLEN ON TOUGH TIMES, THEY WERE KIND OF STUCK WHERE THEY WERE AND THAT WAS LEAVING THEIR JOB SEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD WITH THE BIKE IDEA CAME FROM. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT IS A SHIFT, IT'S A MYSELF TO SHIFT, IT'S A CHANGE FROM THE SITUATION NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO TO BE ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY ARE GOING. DID A LOT OF YOUTUBE AS WELL BUT THE GUYS REALLY HELPED A LOT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A EXPERT WEIGHT IN THEIR TWO CENTS [00:45:05] SAYING, OH, YOU CONSIDER THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON? IT WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM. >> SOMETIMES IS CHALLENGING WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP KIDS, PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY, OUT THAT WAY IT MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER HERE IN GREEN COVE AND CLAY COUNTY. >> IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY GROW AND PEOPLE FEELING WITH AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. >> IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE I NEED TO GO AND FIND AN APPOINTMENT AND GET BACK ON MY FEET. >> WHEN SOMEONE GETS A BIKE IT WILL HAVE A LOCK AND KEY, IT WILL HAVE LIGHTS HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS, IT WILL HAVE A TIRE PUMP IT WILL HAVE A WATER BOTTLE HOLDER AND A LUGGAGE RACK. >> IT'S JUST NICE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE MADE A SMALL IMPACT ON SOME DIFFERENT PEOPLE. >> I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE BIKE AND EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS DONE AND WILLING TO DO FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. >> A LOT OF FOLKS SAID --. >> WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BIKE PROGRAM THE SHIFT PROGRAM TO GET SOME GENERAL STATISTICS I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE DELIVERED 38 BIKES TO CLAY COUNTY RESIDENCE. STARTED OUT WITH JUST ONE IN 2021, IN 2022, WE HAD 11 AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 36 AND MOST OF IT IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. WE WERE PICKING UP WITH THE ORIGINAL GOAL TO DO ABOUT TWO BUCKS A MONTH BECAUSE UP UNTIL THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MADE THE CITY UP FOR US WE WERE NOT REALLY ADVERTISING THIS IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING I WOULD BE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT LOOKING FOR HELP WE DO AN ASSESSMENT WITH THEM AND REALIZE THEY NEED HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION CAN WE FIND THEM THAT WAY. THAT'S WHY THE GOAL WAS FAIRLY LOW. BUT NOW, WE ARE KIND OF ADVERTISING MORE AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S PICKING UP. OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE SERVED SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE VETERANS, 17 FOLKS WHO ARE SUPPORTED IN THEIR EFFORTS TOWARDS RECOVERY. WE WORK WITH SEVEN PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS, TO BIKE SHOPS ONE OF WHICH WE HEAR IS CHIEF HE IS A FEATURED MEMBER OF THE MEETING TONIGHT. HE IS A HUGE PART OF THIS. REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN WORKING WITH THIS AND WE JUST REALLY ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. >> I KNOW THIS IS IN THE VIDEO BUT THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING THE CITY WORK IN THE DROP OFF BIKES? >> WELL, ANY CLAY COUNTY FIRE STATION. >> SORRY, I WILL ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN. WHERE CAN PEOPLE DROP OFF THE BIKES? >> PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF BIKES AT ANY CLAY COUNTY FIRE STATION AND THEY DON'T DIRECTLY GO TO THE SHIFT PROGRAM WILL GO TO ONE OF THE BIKE SHOPS AND THEN FINDING THEIR WAY TO US THAT WAY. THEY CAN ALSO CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND TALK TO US THERE AND TRY TO SCHEDULE A DROP OFF THAT WAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OUTSTANDING PROGRAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] OKAY, I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE TWO OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS HERE [CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS] THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE OUR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO US? I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE THE CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER HERE IN GREEN. >> THANK YOU I HAVE TWO THINGS I WANT TO SHARE. THE FIRST ONE ONE OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH MY OFFICE IS VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED FROM AN INJUNCTION PERSPECTIVE. I WANTED TO WE HONOR OR WE RECOGNIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS EACH OCTOBER. OCTOBER 19 WILL BE OUR WHERE YOUR PURPLE DATE WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT. I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S OVER THE DEPUTY CLERKS THAT HELP WITH THE INJUNCTIONS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS WHICH AT TIMES CAN BE, A LOT OF TIMES, BE AN EMOTIONAL, VERY STRESSFUL EVENT [00:50:03] FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. I HAVE A TRACY MCRAE WHO IS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND I HAVE ANY HERRERA WHO IS A CIVIL DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND BECKY CRUZ WAS THE CIVIL DEPARTMENT MANAGER OR SUPERVISOR AND USE EITHER WEARING THE PURPLE IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEY LEAD A TEAM OF CLERKS THAT IN THE CLAY COUNTY IN 2023, SORRY GUYS, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANT TO. WE HELPED INDIVIDUALS WITH 1051 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTIONS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THAT THE 52 PERCENT INCREASE SO THEY HAVE DOUBLED IN FIVE YEARS. WHICH WAS AN INTERESTING STATISTIC. IN THESE CASES ARE HIGH-VOLUME IN OUR OFFICE AND THERE ARE NO FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WHICH OF COURSE FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS A POLICY THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE ACCESS WHEN THEY FEEL THEY ARE NOT SAFE TO BE IN THE COURT SYSTEM AND GET SOME PROTECTION. IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION BUT I DIDN'T DO STATEWIDE NUMBERS AND THE AROUND 80,000 STATEWIDE LAST YEAR FOR THESE TYPE OF INJUNCTIONS IN THE TABLE WE SEE COME THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF COURSE OF THE DOMESTIC GENERAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE ALSO HAVE A DATING, WE HAVE VIOLENCE WE HAVE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STOCKING VIOLENCE. THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE THEY DO DEAL WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB. AND THEN THE SECOND I PROVIDED FOR YOUR WE DID THE SAME THING LAST YEAR IT'S JUST SOME KEY STATISTICS TO SHOW VOLUME COMING THROUGH THE COMPTROLLER DIVISION. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS ON AVERAGE WE PAID 700 EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 23,000 23,400 INVOICES THAT WERE PROCESSED AND THEN THE REVENUES THAT WERE COLLECTED WERE AROUND 289 MILLION. SO I ATTRIBUTE THAT TYPE OF VOLUME THAT IS A LOT OF VOLUME AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT MY COMPTROLLER DIVISION IS WITH OMB AND PURCHASING AND JUST COUNTING MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL. AND SO, I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF VOLUME AND SO WE APPRECIATE WE ARE CONTINUALLY WORK WITH BACK-AND-FORTH WORK AT THEIR PROCESSES FINDING BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO DO THINGS SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE 2022-23 KEY STATISTICS WORK. WE MONITOR THESE THINGS. ASK ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CLERK GREEN. WE ARE TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] >> MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING PTHIS FROM SEPTEMBER 26, 2023. >> MOTION IN A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [PUBLIC COMMENTS] SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. BECAUSE OUR FIRST EVER PUBLIC COMMENT TIME IF ANYONE PUT IN A CARD WE WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. IN OUR FIRST SPEAKER OUR ONLY SPEAKER AS OF RIGHT NOW IS RICHARD. >> RICH 1985 TEMECULA TRAIL FLORIDA. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WAS VERY UPSET THIS MORNING READING MY EATING NEWSPAPER E NEWSPAPER IT HAS AN ATTACHMENT TO A USA TODAY WHICH IS I'M TOLD A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER THAT LITERALLY DOZENS OF PEOPLE READ ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND ON IT ON THE FRONT PAGE WAS A STORY ABOUT CLAY COUNTY AND THE LUNATICS THAT ARE RUNNING WILD THESE LOONS I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK THE BOOK PERMITS WHO ARE DOING THE BEST TO DESTROY EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTY FOR THEIR NARROWMINDED VIEWS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIGHT. THEY SEEM TO BE INTENT ON BRINGING BACK THE JOYFUL THINGS OF THE REASON FOR ME, VERY MUCH POST THINK THIS BEFORE ESPECIALLY STIFLING TO EDUCATION. I, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'M A VERY HAPPY READER. HEAVY READER. AND HAVING BOOKS TAKEN AWAY [00:55:09] FROM CHILDREN, STUDENTS, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ANY REASON IS JUST PLAIN WRONG. TO GET US NOTICED NATIONALLY IS DISGUSTING. THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE STOPPED. THEY MAY BE HAPPY IN THE 1930S BUT I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING I WOULDN'T MIND GOING BACK TO THE 1950S WHEN WE KEPT OUR CRAZY PEOPLE IN THE BASEMENT OR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA I AM SURE DID NOT HAVE THAT, ANNEX. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS DURING THE GAUNTLET DOWN. I WANT THESE PEOPLE SHUT UP AND SAT DOWN. THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY. IF THEY DO NOT LIKE A BOOK THEY CAN MOVE ON AND FIND ONE THAT THEY LIKE. I AM SURE THE SCHOOLS WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THEIR MENTAL ACUITY AND I WILL EVEN THROW IN THE CRAYONS. SO CONSIDER THIS THE OPENING SHOP, THANK YOU. BUCKS THANK YOU MISSED >> THANK YOU MR. (NAME?). ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WILL HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC [32.  Center for Veteran's request to use Senior Center space] COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING. BEFORE I WENT TO THE 5 O'CLOCK TIME SURGEONS I WANT TO MOVE TO THE VERY BACK OF OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32 UNDER LETTERS FOR ACTION TO MOVE THAT ONE UP FOR THE SAKE OF A NUMBER OF GUESTS WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO WE HAVE A CENTER FOR VETERANS QUEST TO USE REQUEST TO YOU SENIOR CENTER SPACE. >> WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE FOR MARK CLAY COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL HERE. THE PRESIDENT AND SO IS HERE. I SEE HIM OUT HERE. I THINK MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD MIND IF HE COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND TALK ABOUT THIS. I DO WANT TO STEAL ANY OF THE CENTER BUT THE LETTER IS IN THE BACK OF HIM AND SO, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND COMING UP. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH THE VETERANS COUNCIL FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS NOW AND HAS BEEN AN OVERALL GOAL FOR THEM TO GET THE LOCATION IN THE COUNTY THAT THEY CAN OPERATE OUT OF IN THE PROPOSED AREA OF THE RICO SPRINGS SENIOR CENTER. >> COUNTY MENTIONED, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR LIVING HERE TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S IMAGINE MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS COUNCIL WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS HERE TODAY. PLEASE STAND. AND THIS IS JUST SIX OF 20 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS REPRESENTED HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS SPACE AS A VETERANS CENTER HERE IN THE CLAY COUNTY. I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS BUT WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. I WILL GO OVER THE MISSION STATEMENT OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AT THE VETERANS CENTER. THE MISSION STATEMENT IS TO ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF A VETERANS BY OFFERING A SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND SENSE OF WELL-BEING IN A SAFE, ALCOHOL FREE ENVIRONMENT. AND TO BE PREPARED OF A VETERANS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, OFFERING A SENSE OF COMMUNIT AND PREVENT SOCIAL ISOLATION IN SUICIDE AMONG VETERANS. THIS SPACE WILL BE A ONE-STOP SHOP WHERE A VETERAN CAN GO AND RECEIVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO HELP THEM SURVIVE HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. RIGHT NOW THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE BUT THE INFORMATION IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO WE HAVE A ONE PLACE WHERE THE VETERAN THAT'S GETTING OUT OF THE MILITARY OR A VETERAN THAT HAS BEEN OUT OF THE MILITARY FOR A WELL TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND RECEIVE INFORMATION, HELP ANY KIND OF SERVICES THEY WOULD NEED. AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET US USE THIS OFFICE SPACE. THANK YOU. >> AND YOU WOULD USE THAT SPACE WITH THE SENIOR CENTER IS NOT USING IT? >> YES, ONCE THE SPACE IS APPROVED WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SPACE AND BE USING IT AT THAT TIME. >> IT CAN BE COORDINATED OFF MADAM CHAIR, IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE IN THAT THERE COULD BE SOME YEARS I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A LEASE ON THIS AGENDA WITH REGARDS TO AGING THE TRUE ON THE FACILITIES THEY USED FOR OUR SENIOR CENTERS. THIS ONE HERE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR ATTORNEY AND AGING TRUTH [01:00:03] AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BUILDS IN THE LEASE. I WILL BE LOOKING TODAY FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATING THE DETAILS OF THAT USE AND WHETHER IT'S IN MOMA OR MOU WITH THE VETERANS COUNCIL THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON. AS A TROY IS APPEARED TROY HAD ALSO DONE A LOT OF LEGWORK ON THIS WORKING WITH THE FORMER OCCUPANTS REALLY THAT ARE STILL THERE TRANSPORTATION IN THAT AREA THEY ARE CONSOLIDATED WITH GTA IN ANOTHER LOCATION. AFRAID OF THIS SPACE AND ALTERNATE OVER TO TROY. >> THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION I WANTED TO DO THIS IS NOT THE SPACE THE SENIOR CENTER USES AFTER HOURS OR ANOTHER TIME IT'S USING THE SPACE FOR MV WHICH IS THE CURRENT BUS TRANSPORTATION WHERE THEY CAN CATCH THE PURCHASE PROCESS FROM WHICH THE COUNTY MANAGER SAID. USING THE SPACE WITHOUT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE USE OF THE SPACE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER HAS. NOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK OUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE VETERAN CENTER IF THEY QUALIFY CAN GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND HAVE LUNCH FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES SO THAT YOU GOING TO BE WE FEEL A VERY GOOD SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. >> QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A COMMENT JUST TO QUANTIFY THE NEED ABOUT 17 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS ARE FORMER VETERANS. IN ABOUT 30 PERCENT THAT ARE AFFECTED BY SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. AND YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T NOTICE. IN THE SHIFT A VIDEO CALL THIS A FORMER CHIEF THAT WORK FOR ME AND HE HELPED GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST ALL THE VETERAN AND VETERAN NEEDS IN A CLAY COUNTY. AND WE HAVE TAKEN THIS ORGANIZATION I WILL SAY MAYBE FIVE ATTENDEES TO KNOW 20-25 ATTENDEES IN A STANDING ROOM ONLY NOW WITH SERVICES FROM A NONPROFIT IS WILLING TO SERVE OUR VETERAN PUBLIC. SO I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT. >> AND THE OTHERS? >> INSULT MENTIONED THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE. IS HER ABILITY TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM SOMEONE REMOVING TO MANAGE THAT HORSE WOULD BE MANNED BY VOLUNTEERS? HOW ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHOSE OCCUPY THE SPACE --. >> PRIMARILY IT WILL BE VOLUNTEERS SO THEIR AUTOROTATION AND THEY CAN ASSIST VETERANS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO THE OFFICE. I THINK WILL BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE DO IN KEYSTONE ON CERTAIN INTERVALS SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FROM KEYSTONE ALL THE WAY TO ELLEDGE DRIVE. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ARE MOTIONS? >> I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT WOULD BE A LEASE AGREEMENT IF WE GET APPROVAL AT A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD THAT IN THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WORK AT THE VETERANS COUNCIL AND THE TIMELINE WAS THE OTHER THING THAT TROY IF YOU COULD MENTION THAT WHEN THEY PLAN ON MOVING OUT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE RECENT RESERVATION AND THAT THERE SOME CUBICLES THERE THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A PERIOD OF TIME ON THAT AND THEN THEY CAN OCCUPY AND BE ABLE TO OPERATE OUT OF THEIRS AND STAKE THEIR FLAG THERE TO SAY THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME AS A VETERAN IN CLAY COUNTY AND HAVE CORROBORATED, HAVE YOUR NEEDS MET AND LIKE TREATMENT SHOULD TALK TO BSO OR ANY OTHER HELP WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. BUT THE TIMELINE --. >> JANUARY THE PLANNING ON RELOCATING TO THE JACKSONVILLE OFFICE FOR WORKING OUT WHETHER THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THE OFFICE PRESENCE IN CLAY COUNTY. TRY TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S ONE DAY A WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH LOCATE THAT OFFICE UPSTAIRS AT THE SENIOR CENTER OR COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICE ARE FINISHING ON WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS WITH COMMUNICATIONS THEY WILL WRAP UP BY DECEMBER AND BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A VETERANS CENTER IN JANUARY. TENTATIVE TIMELINE. >> IS THERE CONSENSUS AMONG MEMBERS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? >> YES. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A LEASE READY BEFORE MOVE IN A DAY. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH HAVE A GOOD EVENING. [29.  Public Hearing on AmeriPro EMS of Florida, LLC's Application for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Ambulance Service (J. Boree)] >> MOVING JUST UP THE AGENDA WE ARE AT OUR 5 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN SO WE WILL HAVE OUR [01:05:05] FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF TO THIS AFTERNOON A PUBLIC HEARING ON AMERICO EMS AFFORDED THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE CO PCN AND WE HAVE WITH US CHIEF. >> MADAM CHAIR, AS YOU STATED THIS IS A RENEWAL FOR AN EXISTING COP CN THAT FLORIDA CURRENTLY HOLDS THE GOOD FOR TWO YEARS AND THEY HAVE TO BE RENEWED EVERY TWO YEARS PER STATUTE. COMPLETED THE APPLICATION IT IS COMPLETED FULL THEY HAVE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO RENEW THEIR CO PCN AND ITS REQUIREMENT BY THE COUNTY ORDINANCE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS TO SUCH AND THEN THE BOARD FIND IN FAVOR OF THE RENEWAL OR NOT. >> OKAY, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF (NAME?) OR ON THE LETTER FROM THE CHIEF BOATS? I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WHO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL BRING IT BACK FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION. AND OR DISCUSSION. >> MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO RENEW OR APPROVE RENEWING THIS APPLICATION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT OR MAKE A MOTION BUT THEY WERE QUICKER. >> PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMMENT. LOOKS I WAS GOING TO SAY OBVIOUSLY AS WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN POPULATION WE NEED THE PARTNERS TO HELP CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR OUR CITIZENS AND AS CHIEF WAS SAYING THEY HAVE A MIRROR APPROACH WHICH IS WHEN THEY CAN WORK WITH. >> ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? INDICATE BY SAYING THE AYE. [30.  Public Hearing on the adoption of an Ordinance amending Section 5-23 of the Clay County Code to add two Slow Speed/Minimum Wake Zones on Black Creek, one at the C.R. 209/Henley Road Bridge and another at the S.R. 23 Bridge (C. Grimm)] OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 523 TWO ATTITUDE CLOSING SLOW SPEED MIDDLEWEIGHT ZONES ON A BLACK CREEK ONE AND COUNTY ROAD HENLEY BRIDGE AND OTHER AT STATE ROAD 23.. >> YES BEFORE YOU IS LIMITED TO SECTION 5-23 THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS IN PLACE EIGHT OTHER SLOW SPEED MIDDLEWEIGHT ZONES ON THIS IS THAT THE TWO THE STATE ROAD 27 GRANT'S OFFICE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS NO BUT THE HENLEY BRIDGE AT 209 AND NOT BEEN ADDED. SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. THE STATUTE AUTHORIZES YOU TO PUT THIS INTO PLACE BECAUSE THEY ARE NEXT TO BRIDGE STRUCTURES. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WE STILL HAVE TO GO AND OBTAIN A PERMIT FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO BE AUTHORIZED TO PUT THE SIGNS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ENFORCEMENT. >> OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? FOR COURTNEY. ALL RIGHT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL BRING IT BACK FOR MOTION OR DISCUSSION AND OR DISCUSSION. >> I HAVE A COMMENT THIS IS MY DISTRICT AND I WE ARE BIG BOAT PEOPLE AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY BIG NEED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE HENLEY ROAD AREA WELL THE NEW AREA ALSO IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AREA. VERY CLOSE QUARTERS AS FAR AS THE SHORELINES AND WE ALSO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH EROSION ON EACH SIDE. SO ANYWAY, I WOULD DEFINITELY MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS AND WOULD ASK FOR YOUR ALSO SUPPORTS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> MADAM CHAIR, I WILL SUPPORT THIS BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT BOTH THE SHERIFF AND THE FISH AND WILDLIFE WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE SLOW WAKE OR NO WAKE SLOW SPEED AREA IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE SO I HOPE THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEES OF THESE AND THEN HONORS THAT AND DOESN'T SLOW IT DOWN. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE ENACTED WE HAVE NOT ENACTED IT YET BUT IT LOOKS [01:10:10] LIKE WILL BE VOTING MOMENTARILY THAT'S FEATURING THE STATE'S NEW BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IT IS THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL RECENTLY THAT INDICATES ANYTIME WE PUT AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS WE HAVE TO DO A BUSINESS ASSESSMENT AS TO HOW IT IMPACTS THE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT FALL UNDER THAT ORDINANCE. AND SO, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH WILL AS WE MOVE FORWARD BE A HINDRANCE TO MAKING MOVES ON A CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A LOOK AT WHATEVER THE SITUATION MIGHT BE AND COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE IS HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THE BUSINESSES FINANCIALLY AND IF IT IMPACTS THEM TOO MUCH THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK AND SUE THE CAPTAIN WERE UP TO A CERTAIN NUMBER AND I THINK IT'S $50,000 FOR ATTORNEY FEES BUT THEY HAVE TO PROVE THEY WERE IMPACTED BY THE ORDINANCE. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP THAT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST ONE AND STARING US IN THE FACE IS THIS BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE SO THANKS TO I THINK IT WAS THE ATTORNEY OR MAYBE JUST THE ATTORNEY COUNTY ATTORNEY GROUP DOES STRUGGLE TO THE FIRST ONE AND IN THIS CASE OBVIOUSLY NO IMPACT IS SEEN ON ANY BUSINESS WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY BUSINESSES ON THAT 29 BRIDGE, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT? >> OKAY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE? . [CONSENT AGENDA] THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ITEM NUMBER 21 NEEDS TO MOVE TO THE MEETING ON MARCH 24 THIS IS PART OF THE BOND AND TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE. >> MADAM CHAIR, IT WILL BE OCTOBER 24. >> DID I SAY THE 21ST? >> NO, YOU SAID MARCH. >> TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. >> I CANNOT TO YOU WHERE THAT CAME FROM. >> IT CAME FROM OF MARCH. P >> I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING. ALL RIGHT, OCTOBER 24. ITEM NUMBER 21 WILL MOVE TO OCTOBER 24. BUT WE WILL JUST DELAY IT ONE MEETING. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEM 21 WHICH IS MOVED TO NEXT WEEK. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE? THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [24.  Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program (E. Dendor)] RIVER UPDATE ON THE BOND AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. >> -- HERE TO UPDATE ON THE PROJECT PROGRESS WE'RE DONE LAST MONTH. PROJECT NUMBER ONE THE TEAM DEVELOPED A REQUEST FOR BID PACKET PERMITTING OF THIS PROJECT. WITH THE INTENT TO ADVERTISE SELECTED CONTRACTOR AND BRING BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY FEBRUARY 2024. OVERALL, ON A GROUP MEMBER TO THE COUNTY SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION JACOB DESIGN BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS APPRAISALS AND OFFERS CONTINUE FOR BOTH MULTIPLE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION. SPECIFIC TO EACH PROJECT FOR EXAMPLE IN PROJECT NUMBER TWO SUPERIOR PROVIDED PROJECT TEAM AGREED ON THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WHICH WILL BE WE WILL BRING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONTRACT ISSUANCE. ESTATE GRANT FUNDING WAS APPROVED FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS FOR PROJECT 6A. PROJECT NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS A COUNTY ROAD 220 FINAL SIGNED AND SEALED PLANS ARE PENDING SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION DID PROVIDE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER EVALUATION BY THE PROJECT TEAM. RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION CONTINUES PERMIT MODIFICATION FROM THE PRIME LOCATION IS ON REVIEW BY THE AGENCY. AND FOR PROJECT 6A THE TEAM CONTINUES DEVELOPING THE 90 PERCENT DESIGN PLANS. FOR SEYMOUR. NUMBER ONE TEAM ELDER BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETING, AS WELL. AND ON PROJECT NUMBER THREE COUNTY ROAD 209 THEY EXHIBITED THEIR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PER SECTION 3A WHICH STARTS JUST NORTH OF COLDSTREAM ROAD JUST SOUTH OF WATKINS ROAD. THE MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THIS [01:15:02] PORTION WAS PROJECTED TO THE PRICING AS WELL AS PROJECT DURATION. THIS SECTION WILL BE BID OUT THIS MONTH. WE HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS NOW TO BID THE COUNTY'S IN-LINE DRAIN ACROSS TRACTORS. THE 3B SECTION PLANS CONNECT PROJECT FOR AN CONNECT TO THE ROUNDABOUT THE CONTRACTORS BID THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND THAT'S UNDER EVALUATION BY THE TEA. PROJECT NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS SATURDAY ROAD CONTINUES WITH THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION EAST ALONG SAND RIDGE ROAD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ROAD AND DRAINAGE RECONSTRUCTION NEARING IN THE FRONT OF THE PARK. MOVING ON TO 6B THE PARKWAY THE TEAM CONTINUED TO HOLD OUR BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS. SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED THEIR CLEARING AND GRUBBING OPERATIONS ON THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR STARTED DOING THE VARIOUS POND SITES. THESE ARE THE DRIVING TEST PILES AND BRIDGE CROSSING AND PLACED REBAR AND CONCRETE A COVERT CROSSING. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO MEET WITH UTILITY TO CORPORATE UTILITIES ON THIS PROJECT. IN SUPPORT OF ALL THIS WORK WTI CONTINUES TO WORK ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM SPECTER. THIS CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED. COMMISSIONER CELLA. >> COUNTY ROAD 220 YOU INDICATED CONSTRUCTION STARTED WINTER 2023. SORRY WORK FOR PUTTING THIS? >> WE HAVE NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THAT AGAIN THAT'S WHEN WE RECEIVED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM SUPERIOR WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS AS WELL AS HONDA SITES. GETTING THAT PERMIT UPDATED. AS WE WORK OUR WAY TO THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OR HOW MUCH WORK WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO WITHIN OUR BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND IS CURRENTLY WE ARE AT SO WORKING DOWN THAT PATH WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS NEXT 60 DAYS BUDGET ALIGNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE MONIES WE HAVE FOR THAT PROJECT. >> SO SHOULD THAT BE CHANGED START DATE? >> WELL AGAIN, WE SAY WINTER, WHAT IS WINTER? 50 DEGREES TO ME IS NOT WINTER. IT'S NOT MARCH. 2024, MAYBE THAT'S SPRING. SO WE INTENTIONALLY PUT SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER BECAUSE IT JUST GIVE US WE WAIT WHEN WE START TO FORECAST THESE LIKE 18- 28 MONTHS PRIOR. WE SAY WINTER RECALL THIS FALL BUT AS A PERSON WINTER MONTHS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO NAIL DOWN WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ED? OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR CLAY COUNTY [25.  Clay County Strategic Plan (G.Gunn)] STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES. FROM GABRIELLE. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND YOU WILL HAVE THE LATEST UPDATE YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED THE TYPED OUT VERSION BUT ALSO THE POWERPOINT. WE WILL SHOW YOU THE UPDATED TIMELINE, THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND GET YOUR COMMISSIONER FEEDBACK ON THE ITEMS PRESENTED TODAY. WE LAST GAVE YOU AN UPDATE IN AUGUST AND THAT WAS WHERE WE SHOWED YOU THE MAJOR THEMES THAT WE DEVELOPED. IN SEPTEMBER, WE ENCOURAGED EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THE THEMES WE CAME UP WITH. WITH NORTHEAST REGIONAL COUNCILS, SYNTHESIZED REPORT AND THEIR ASSISTANT WE WERE ABLE TO THEN PREPARE THE DOCUMENT YOU RECEIVED EARLIER. IN OCTOBER, OUR GOAL IS TO MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT COULD INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSTITUTIONAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPERS AND NONPROFITS. IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL TAKE THE TIME TO DEVELOP THE REPORTS. AND IN DECEMBER, WE WILL PRESENT THE FINAL REPORT WITH A BOOKLET AND IN THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2024 WE WILL START IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ROLLOUT. AGAIN, WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THIS BEFORE. THE STRUCTURE FOR THIS WILL START WITH A THEME WE HAVE A 4-6 WITH EACH THEME. WE THEN HAVE A GOAL WHICH IS OVERARCHING WE WILL HAVE AN OBJECT, MEASURABLE, AND A POLICY THAT GOES WITH THAT. AGAIN, THE CLAY COUNTY SEEMS ARE SMALLER IS THE COMMUNITY [01:20:01] DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH, GOOD GOVERNANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THE THEME GOOD GOVERNANCE, THE PRIORITY IS TO CREATE A GOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CLAY COUNTY, ENGAGES IN FAIR AND THOUGHTFUL DECISION-MAKING, IS A FORWARD THINKING AND INNOVATIVE, FOSTERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND ENSURES GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. WE WILL THOSE YOU WILL SEE AS I SHOWED THE STRUCTURE EARLIER IT WILL BE GG ONE ALL THE WAY TO GG FIVE THOSE ARE THE GOALS. FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PRIORITY IS TO ENSURE THE COUNTY IS MAINTAINING ITS STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND ROADS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHILE LOOKING TO GROW TO PROVIDE SATISFACTORY RESOURCES TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CITIZENS, VISITORS AND FUTURE BUSINESSES OF THE COUNTY. FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE PRIORITY IS TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY MAKING CLAY COUNTY MORE ATTRACTIVE, ECONOMICALLY STRONGER, SOCIALLY DIVERSE AND RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHILE MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF THE COUNTY AND PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. WE THEN, WE CHANGED IT FROM A COMMUNITY HEALTH TO INCLUDE SAFETY SO THIS IS COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH THE PRIORITY BEING TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS TO THE COUNTY DOUBLED OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR COUNTY LED HEALTH AND SAFETY SERVICE PROGRAMS. AND THEN AT THE LAST THEME INCLUDES QUALITY AND BALANCE OF LIFE IT PREVIOUSLY WAS QUALITY OF LIFE WE CHANGED IT TO QUALITY AND BALANCE OF LIFE. THE PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT IMPROVE THE CITIZENS COMFORT, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS WHILE CONTINUING TO PMAKE THE COUNTY AN ENJOYABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. SO, BASED OFF WHAT IS PRESENTED IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER FEEDBACK MOVING FORWARD, THOUGHTS? >> COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. >> WE ARE DOING THE STRATEGIC PLAN COINCIDENT WITH OPERATING COUNTY. ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION. THAT'S A BIG LIFT, HEAVY LIFT. HAS ANYONE THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE IT FITS INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN? >> YES, SIR. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ITEM OF QUALITY AND BALANCE OF LIFE IS CONSERVATION. PROMOTE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO CONSERVATION LAND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND DONATIONS TO ENSURE THE COUNTY MAINTAINED THE DESIRED RURAL FIELD. QUALITY AND BALANCE OF LIFE. QL NUMBER FOUR. ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS PRESENTATION WAS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS IN THE PUBLIC MEETING . YES, THIS WAS A MORE STRUCTURED APPROACH BASED ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, STAFF, CONCERNED CITIZENS, ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND NOW WE WILL TAKE IT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AFTER THIS PRESENTATION AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED. >> I THINK IT'S A LOT. I TOLD THE COUNTY MANAGER THAT EARLIER TODAY. BUT CERTAINLY IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN BUT IT'S A LOT. I WOULD EXPECT AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN BUILDING ON THIS ONE. IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. I ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT PROBABLY FOR CONSERVATION THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK ON THESE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK? >> I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO ASK MAYBE EITHER TRIMMED DOWN OR CONSOLIDATED SOME OF THESE ITEMS. THEY ARE ALL CERTAINLY WORTHWHILE IF WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND A WAY TO DO ALL OF THEM ARE MOST OF THEM WE ARE AT A PRETTY GOOD PLACE WHERE WE ARE AT. [01:25:06] BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT THAT OUR CITIZENS PARTICIPATED AND COMMUNICATED A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THIS PLAN. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. >> ANY OTHER? THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT [26.  2024 Legislative Palm Card Approval (C. Latham)] UPDATE. MOVING TO OLD BUSINESS WE HAVE THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE PALM CARD APPROVAL. >> GOOD EVENING MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS CHARLIE LATHAM ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER. TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM 26 WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO APPROVE BOTH THE FORMAT AND THE CONTENT OF THIS YEAR'S PALM CARD FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE ARE PASSING AROUND A COPY OF LAST YEAR'S CARD TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AS WELL AS AN UPDATED SUB SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED APPROPRIATIONS AND ASKS AND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE SESSION THAT BEGINS IN JANUARY. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE ACTUAL FORMAT OF THE PALM CARD. AND WE CAN SEE THAT LAURA CHRISTMAS AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF SENDING US SOME NICE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER TO GET THIS FINALIZED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THIS MEETING. IF YOU WOULD THE NEXT PAGE YOU SEE THE SMALLER PICTURE OF THEIR WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CONTENT OF THE EXAMPLE YOU GOT FROM LAST YEAR YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR'S SMALL PICTURE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WE ARE OFFERING A FEW OPTIONS THIS TIME TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE MOST PLEASED WITH IN THE FAIR IS ON . THE NEXT ONE IS THAT THE FIRE AND RESCUE HONOR GUARD AND THE ONE AFTER THAT IS THE PLANNING. SO I AM SEEKING A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU FOLKS ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THAT PORTION OF THE CARD. >> I LIKE THE SECOND PHOTO, YES, WITH OUR HONOR GUARD. I LIKE THAT ONE A LOT. THE ONE I THINK THAT RIVALS IT IS THE LAST ONE. ESPECIALLY, IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD TONIGHT AND OUR THEME HERE IN THE CLAY COUNTY REALLY SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS. SO IT'S A TOSSUP FOR ME BUT I THINK I LIKE THE FORMER. MORE, YEAH, THAT ONE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> DO WE NEED TO VOTE? >> JUST A CONSENSUS. >> WE HAVE A THREE YES NODS. >> F106 IS AN OLD AIRPLANE. >> I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. >> THAT'S WHY WE NEED A REPLACEMENT. >> IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, OBVIOUSLY, THE FRONT PART OF THE CARD CHANGED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BACKGROUND PICTURE IT'S WITHIN THEIR THE SALE SO JUST DON'T WANT TO LET THAT GO BY I THOUGHT THEY DID A NICE JOB ON THE FRONT PART OF THE CARD. IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN A WAY BUT THE PICTURE IS DIFFERENT THERE SUBTLY. IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT WILL BE THE FRONT AND THAT WILL BE THE BACK. JUST TO POINT OUT AND OBSERVE CHARLIE WILL BACK ME UP ON THIS ONE REMEMBER WE TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT THE QR CODE IS LOCATED THERE JUST TO THE RIGHT THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND MORE THAN JUST THIS TOP FIVE ON THE APPROPRIATIONS. AND WITH THAT IT TAKES YOU TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH LAURA AND I WORKED LOOKED AT EARLIER TODAY AND IT REALLY GIVES THOSE OTHER AREAS OF A FOCUS AND GIVES DETAILS ABOUT WHY. IT GIVES A STATEMENT AND THE Y ON IT AND GIVES A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THOSE OTHERS. THAT QR CODE WILL TAKE YOU TO WHAT CHARLIE HAD A BRIEF YOU ON ON THE LAST ONE THAT WAS THE LONG LIST OF WHICH WAS NARROWED DOWN. SO WE WILL ALSO HAVE THAT. >> IF YOU WOULD, TERESA, THE NEXT SLIDE FOR OPERATIONS. WE MET AS YOU RECALL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE MET WITH YOU EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND PRIORITIZATION ON WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU. I WILL SUMMARIZE THAT AND [01:30:03] BROUGHT IT TO THE LAST MEETING AND I MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY WORK ON IT TO CLARIFY THE DOLLAR VALUE AND THEN RESUBMIT ENOUGH FOR APPROVAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. IF YOU WOULD ON THE TOP OF THE APPROPRIATIONS PAGE RELISTED THIS WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONSENSUS FROM THE FIVE COMMISSIONERS WAS REGIONAL PARK PHASE 2. THE RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING ARE COMING PRIMARILY FROM MERCER OUR LOBBYIST WHO BOTH IS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE ARE GOING TO WITH EACH COMMITTEE AND WHAT POT OF MONEY THIS WOULD COME FROM. JUST REMEMBER. AND WHETHER PURSUING FOR US IN TALLAHASSEE. UNDER THE PHASE 2 REGIONAL PARK WE ARE ASKING FOR $750,000 AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS, VOLLEYBALL COURTS THE NUMBER TWO ITEM ON THERE IS $1.5 MILLION AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE A TRANSITION TO FOUR-LANE FROM TOOLING TO FOUR-LANE ON US 17 TO COUNTY ROAD 315 B WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF 70. >> CAN I STOP YOU THERE? I AM SORRY I DON'T MEAN TO BE A TROUBLEMAKER THEY DID NOT THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS FOR I THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR THE THREE LANE 209. THAT'S WHAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE ROAD PROJECT BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND THAT WAS VOTED IN BY THE BOARD. IS ED NOT HERE? BECAUSE WE ALREADY WERE DOING SOMETHING IN THAT AREA FROM 17 TO 315 B SO I THINK THAT'S NOT RIGHT. >> I WILL STEP IN FOR A SECOND ON THIS. SO WE HAD AN EARLIER MEETING RICHARD, ED AND I TALKED BOUT THESE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THEY ARE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY BUT THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH TO GET YOU WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO WHAT IS MISSING OUT HERE IS TO DO FOR LANES FROM 17 TO 315 B IS GOING TO TALK $22.1 MILLION SO THE THOUGHT HERE WAS TO ASK FOR A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO AUGMENT THE OVERAGE FROM INFLATION AND SKYROCKETING COSTS FOR THAT PROJECT WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDING ADDITIONAL LANES TO 209, MAN, AND IF THERE WAS SOME SAVINGS TO GET TO FOR LANES ON RUSSELL TOTALLY THE WAY WOULD BE A LOT MORE. >> WE APPROVED THREE LANES. I THOUGHT THIS AREA HERE WAS ALREADY APPROVED AND WE WERE ALREADY DOING THIS THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE ROAD PROJECT WINDOW? >> CORRECT, BUT IT'S OVER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT SO REALLY THE THOUGHT WAS HOW DO WE ADDRESS AND GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND ASKED THEM FOR MORE MONEY WE HAVE GOT THESE PROJECTS THERE IS MONEY BEHIND THESE PROJECTS AND BASED UPON INFLATIONARY CONSTRAINTS AND SKYROCKETING COSTS CAN WE GET MONEY 1.5 MILLION TO LESSEN THE BURDEN? AND IF THE BURDEN ALLOWS US TO FREE UP OTHER MONIES WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THEY ARE ALL STRAINED AS WITH EARLIER WE WOULD GO TO TRY TO GO TO FOR LANES ON 209. WITH THREE LANES. >> I WAS WHEN ASKED CHARLIE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AT OUR MEETING AND I WAS UNDERSTANDING IT WAS RUSSELL ROAD. I WANTED TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE ARE OUT HERE. >> THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT, MA'AM. THAT WAS INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION. >> IT WAS OUR MEETING WITH THE OTHER GENTLEMEN. WITH MERCER. THEY HAD GONE TO CHECK BACK TO SEE IF THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY SO IF IT HADN'T HAPPENED YET SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD, BUT ANYWAY. >> I THINK REALLY THE OVERALL CONSENSUS THERE ARE SEVEN BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THE ESTIMATED COST WAS $129 MILLION WELL, WELL OVER APPROACHING THE $200 MILLION MARK. THE ONLY WAY WE BEEN ABLE TO AUGMENT THOSE OVERAGES HAVE BEEN THROUGH MOBILITY FEES. REACHING MAX CAPACITY WE ARE READY OUT OF REVENUES TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS. SO HENCE, I BRIEF THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION HE TALKED ABOUT THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE EXAMPLE FOR 220. REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON 20 AS AN EXAMPLE ALSO BECAUSE IT'S OVER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT AND SO WITH THAT I AM SORRY IF THERE IS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION ON THAT AND IF IT WAS TO BE USED FOR THREE LANE ON 209 AND THE [01:35:01] PART THAT THE REMOVED OR GOING TOWARDS THAT BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROJECT TO GIVE US SOME RELIEF OF THIS INFLATIONARY CONSTRAINT THAT WAS KIND OF REALLY WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS. WE CAN EASILY CHANGE THAT. WE COULD ADDRESS THAT BUT WHEN I TALKED TO ED EARLIER THE $2.1 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FROM 17 THROUGH 315 B I WOULD HAVE TO GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN A SECOND I WILL I WILL GO OUT. >> THIS WAS ABRUPT OR MAYBE LAST WEEK I ASKED ABOUT 209. ANYONE, FROM THE PUBLIC JUST KNOW I'M FIGHTING FOR 209 I DON'T CARE ABOUT 209 I DON'T CARE SO ANYWAY PUBLIC, YOU HEAR ME, PLEASE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO MY BEST AND WE HEAR ALL OF YOU THAT 29 IS A GODFORSAKEN ROAD THAT'S VERY SCARY TO TRAVEL ON. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AND I'M VERY SORRY TO CAUSE TROUBLE HERE I JUST HAD TO LET THAT OUT. SO THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR, I WILL STEP OUT AND TALK TO ED I DON'T KNOW IF HE STEPPED OUT OF THE BUILDING I THOUGHT COURTNEY WAS GOING TO GET HIM. I WILL TRY TO GET MORE FIDELITY AND ADDING THE THIRD LANE FOR 209. >> AND THE PLANS WERE THE ENGINEERING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE FOR THAT WHICH IS NEEDED MONEY FOR ASPHALT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD PUT IN THEIR I KNOW ASPHALT COST A LOT OF MONEY BUT STILL THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TOWARDS. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. >> THE NEXT ONE IS HIGHWAY 16 $1.5 MILLION THAT WAS A FOUR-LANE FROM A 23 INTERCHANGE TO SPRING BANK ROAD BEHIND THE FAIRGROUNDS. BESIDE THE FAIRGROUNDS, THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, TOO. THAT'S ABOUT TWO MILES? >> THAT'S THE ENGINEERING IT'S JUST THE ENGINEERING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE 5 MILLION WOULD BE TO DO THE ENGINEERING FOR IT. THAT'S ON OUR TPO FIVE-YEAR PLAN. >> THAT THE STATE ROAD, TOO. >> IT'S UNDER TPO FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND I THINK THE THOUGHT IS IF WE GOT THE MILLION AND AND A HALF WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO DOT TO DO THE ENGINEERING PART OF IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING ON THAT. >> $20 MILLION IS WHAT THE PRICES TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SO THE 1.5 IS JUST A BASE. >> OKAY AND THEN AT VETERANS PARK $1.5 MILLION THIS IS FOR ACCESS TO TRAILS AND GREENWAY USAGE. >> I JUST WANT TO BE A LITTLE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE THE WAY THAT THE CURRENT WAY TO ACCESS THIS PART IS THROUGH MY DISTRICT AND IT'S A CURRENT DIRT ROAD. IT'S GOING TO BE PAID THIS YEA . THE CITIZENS ON THAT ROAD HEARD US TALKING ABOUT VETERANS PARK HERE TALK ABOUT VETERANS. IN A VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD IF THIS WERE TO BECOME MORE THAN A PASSIVE PARK HOW IT HAS BEEN AND ACCESS TO TRAILS. I JUST WANT TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS 1.5 MILLION WAS EITHER ACCESS TO THE PARK IN DIFFERENT WAY TO ACCESS THE PARK THAT'S NOT THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL STREET? AND I KNOW THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE APPROVAL FROM THE FIRST SERVICE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO PLANT TO GO THERE FROM WHERE THE ROAD GOES THROUGH THEN IT BECOMES PART OF THAT JENNINGS FOREST AND THEN ON I THINK TO THE PARK. BUT I DON'T, I MEAN, I HAVE NOT GONE AND LOOKED. >> THERE IS A $250,000 OF ARPA MONEY SET ASIDE FOR WHAT WAS IT CALLED JASON? >> JUSTIN PETERS PARKS AND REC WE HAVE $250,000 ALLOCATED FOR FEASIBILITY AND A MASTER PLAN TO FOLLOW FOR ACCESS INTO THE PARK IN DIFFERENT PHASE ON IDEAS ON WHAT THAT PART CAN BE. SO WE'LL GET THAT TO THE POWERS THAT BE SO WE CAN MOVE THAT UP SO WE CAN HAVE A CONSULTING TO SEE WHAT THIS PART CAN BE AND WHAT'S THE BEST ROUTE. >> IN MY OPINION, WE ARE NOT READY TO ASK FOR A LEGISLATIVE OPERATION IF WE DON'T EVER FEASIBILITY STUDY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE THEN IF WE GOT FOR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS NEXT JULY 1 WE WOULD NOT BE READY TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT, CORRECT? I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO JUST GO HAPHAZARDLY ASK OUR COUNTY MANAGER THAT THE HERE BUT A LOT OF THESE AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T [01:40:03] GOTTEN TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX WHICH I THINK IS WHEN WE WOULD ALL AGREE WE PUT OFF WHEN WE WANT TO PURSUE. PLEASE FEEL TO BE THE BABY I DON'T KNOW IF I WERE THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT FEELS THAT WAY BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE READY TO ASK FOR $6.2 MILLION IN ONE NIGHT THAN UNDER I DIDN'T INDICATE TO THE COUNTY MANAGER IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE PAIN SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE COUNTY TO MAKE APPROPRIATION REQUEST FOR THE GENEVA PROJECT WHICH WAS ON THAT LIST BUT DID NOT MAKE EVERYONE ELSE'S LIST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT I . SO HOWARD, I WAS JUST SAYING, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT WAS ADDED --. >> I CAUGHT HIM, MADAM CHAIR. WE WILL ANSWER THIS. >> WHAT WAS JUST SAYING, COUNTY MANAGER, BESIDES THE SAFETY COMPLEX THIS ALL FEEL HALF-BAKED TO ME. ONE BILLING FOR VETERANS PARK BUT JUSTIN HAS TOLD US WE HAVE ARPA MONEY TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH WE ALL THINK IS A GOOD USE OF THE MONEY WE DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT THE APPROPRIATION WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH IT, LEGISLATOR YOU BRING ME THIS CARD IN A SIX WEEKS TIME AND YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT FOR 1,000,000 AND A HALF DOLLARS FOR YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH IT? AND WE GO, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WE ARE DOING SOMETHING AT THIS PART. AND I MENTIONED THAT THE ONE THAT'S NOT EVEN ON HERE IS THAT GENEVA PROJECT WHICH REPRESENTATIVE PAIN SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE COUNTY TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR AND I KNOW I'M THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT THAT GENEVA PROJECT IS IMPORTANT TO BUT THE GENEVA PROJECT FINISHES SO WITH THE GENEVA PROJECT IS IT'S THE REMOVAL OF THE FOREST THAT HAD GROWN UP IN LAKE GENEVA'S LAKEBED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHEN THERE HASN'T BEEN WATER IN THOSE AREAS AND AS THE BLACK CREEK PIPELINE TURNS ON NEXT FALL IN THE WATER STARTS FLOWING SO WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 18 MONTHS THAT WE DON'T WANT MATURE PINE TREES THAT COULD BE TEMPERED TO JUST FALL AND CREATE SAFETY HAZARDS AND DESTROY THE QUALITY OF THE WATER THAT'S THERE. AND THE COUNTY OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN OWNING TWO BALLROOMS ON THAT LAKE AND SO ANYWAY REPRESENTATIVE PAIN ASKED US TO MAKE OUR APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST FOR THAT. THE REST OF THIS FEEL LIKE WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? AND MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY BUT THAT'S HOW IT FEELS TO ME. >> AND SO, ON VETERANS PARK IF 4.5 MILLION AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, AGAIN, WHEN MARSHA BRIEFED US LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO AND TALKED TO US ALL IT WAS REALLY NUMBERS YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBERS WERE SOMEWHERE IN THAT 750,000 TO $1 MILLION MAR . IT TOOK ANYTHING MORE I KNOW CHARLIE CALLED THEM OF EARLIER TODAY TO SEE IF A LARGER SUM OF MONEY COULD BE ASKED FOR IN A PARTICULAR AREA. HIS OPINION AND BEING OUR REPRESENTATIVE THERE AND LOBBYIST HE SAID THESE WERE KIND OF THE NUMBERS THEY DISCUSSED. WITH REGARDS TO VETERANS PARK, AGAIN, IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION. VETERANS PARK WOULD NOT COME OFF THE LIST, NECESSARILY, IF IT WAS DECIDED THAT, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WAIT ON THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE IN THE BACKUP THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION ITEM. MOVE UP ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS ON THE OTHER LIST THIS WAS THE LIST FROM LAST WEEK. AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT SOUNDS SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THEY ARE WISHES, RIGHT? THEY ARE ASKS, FOR INSTANCE, THE REGIONAL PARK. I CANNOT TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THE BAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET FOR $750,000. WE WORKED OUT THAT WITH THE MILLION DOLLARS THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH ALLOWED US TO GET LIGHTING, LIGHTING UP AT FIVE OF EIGHT FIELDS AND IN THE SHADED AREA. WITH THAT BEING SAID, SOME OF THAT AND THAT WAS KIND OF AS SPECIFIC AS IT HAD. LIGHTING AND SHADING AT THE FIELD. I KNOW WE WANT TO HAVE AN EXACT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS MONEY I THINK HERE WE ARE SAYING, IN GENERAL, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD TARGET WITH THE 750, AS AN EXAMPLE. VETERANS PARK, ACCESS TO TRAILS AND GREENWAY USAGE, AGAIN, GREENWAY MAINTAINING GREEN SPACE, TRAIL SYSTEMS, THE RULE PRIORITIES OF THE LEGISLATURE. THOSE WERE KIND OF SOME [01:45:06] KEYWORDS TO THAT. WHAT WAS I DOING HERE BEFORE FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH, YOU COULD AND WILL TRAILS AND THROUGH THE FOREST YOU CAN CONNECT THE NORTHERN PART HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF WE DID HERE. WE COULD PUT A TURN ON IT AND SAY HOW COULD BE LIKE THAT PARTICULAR TRAIL TO GET US FURTHER NORTH INTO VETERANS, RIGHT? WE GOT THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAYING WE ARE WORKING. WITH BROTHERHOOD WE ARE WORKING ON THE TOES. TO GET THE I KNOW I DIDN'T EXACTLY ANSWER. I THINK THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ASKS -- LIKE WHAT WOULD BE THE 640 ACRES THERE WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PETITION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO CHANGE THE DEED AND SOME WAY SO IT SAYS IT SUPPOSED TO BE RECREATION AND NATURE IT SHOULD BE PASSIVE IN A PARTICULAR WAY BUT COULD WE THROUGH THIS STUDY OPEN UP THAT APERTURE AND GET MORE IN THOSE 640 ACRES IN REGARDS TO PARKS AND ENJOYMENT AND AT WHAT LEVEL? I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT IN THE FUTURE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACCESSIBILITY TO TRAILS AND GREENWAY USAGE BOTTOM LINE THERE FOR ME IT WAS GOING TO CONNECT MORE OF THE TRAILS GET FURTHER NORTH AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE DEFAULT LINE. THAT IS WHAT THAT ONE WAS ALL ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED THAT CORRECTLY OR IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION YOU WERE LOOKING AT. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO 209 AND IS HERE, I APOLOGIZE, THERE IS HE IS HE SAID THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY HE WAS HESITANT TO COME OUT I SAID COME OUT WITH US. RIGHT AFTER THIS HE IS HEADING OUT TO DO HIS VOLUNTARY SERVICE WITH THAT. IF YOU DON'T MIND MAYBE ED CAN COME UP AND JOIN CHARLIE HERE AND SWITCH PLACES WITH CHARLIE WE CAN TALK ABOUT 209, MAN, AND ADDING THE LINK WE TALKED ABOU . HE CAN TALK TO ABOUT WITH THAT IN THE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT GO AHEAD EDIT. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SWAPOUT. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. >> AND BONDED TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. AS FAR AS THE RUN-UP AND DISCUSSION OF THE 1.5 MILLION FOR COUNTY ROAD 209 AS YOU KNOW IT RUNS FROM U.S. 17 TURNS NORTH AT 315 B AND HEADS OVER TO HENDLEY FOR THAT 6+ A STRETCH. SOME DISCUSSION WITH CHARLIE QUICK RUN A DISCUSSION ON APPROPRIATION FOR EACH ONE WHEN HE CAME TO ME AND WAS ASKING ABOUT WHAT WAS POST TO MY MIND THE CONTRACT THEY WERE GETTING READY TO BRING BACK TO YOU FOLKS FOR SUPERIOR TO WORK ON PROJECT NUMBER TWO WHICH IS U.S. 17 AND 350 SO THE 1.5 MILLION WOULD HELP THAT APPROPRIATION AND HELP WITH THE SCHOOL IS A CONTINUOUS ROOM WELL BEYOND PETERS CREEK BRIDGE ALL THE WAY TO SAND RIDGE WHICH IS PROJECT NUMBER THREE. WE CAN USE THAT 1.5 MILLION APPROPRIATED TO THE PROJECT, YES, THAT WOULD HELP IT WOULD NOT GET YOU A THREE LANE SECTION THAT'S MULTIPLE BILLIONS I THINK IT WAS 18 MILLION WAS 18+ MILLION WAS THE PRICE TAG FOR THAT TREE LINE SECTION. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE ENTIRE THREE LANE SECTION OF RUSSELL ROAD TO SAND RIDGE BUT IT CLEAR THAT APPROPRIATION OF 1.5 TO HELP WITH THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE TALK ABOUT AT OAK RIDGE AS WELL AS THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE REALIGNMENT OF SAND RIDGE AND 29 AND 209B WOULD GO A LONG WAIT FOR THAT PROJECT. >> THANK YOU, ED, FOR COMING BACK IN. LAST WEEK WHEN I SAW THE PAPER IT SAID COUNTY ROAD 209 IT DID NOT HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT I WAS NOT TOLD THAT ANYTHING WAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH I AM SORRY I SAW THIS THE FIRST TIME WHEN IT CAME UP HERE AS I GOT IT OUT OF THE POTHOLDER. THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH IT I ASK FOR CERTAIN REASON FOR JONAH TO BE ON THIS LIST AND IN MY MIND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FOR. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED WITH 209 FROM THE TIME YOU TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THIS AND WE DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE MONEY BUT AGAIN THAT'S WHY I GOT UPSET, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE COULD HAVE CALLED ME, SOMEONE COULD HAVE LET ME KNOW. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF IT PROBABLY [01:50:02] JUST SLIPPED SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THE >> SO IF I COULD MADAM CHAIR TODAY I CAN GET THIS BACK ON TRACK. I THINK WHAT WOULD BE BEST AND HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH TROY IN THE HALLWAY, ALSO. I THINK MAYBE IT'S BEST NOT TO EXACTLY TARGET IS FOR LANE SECTION FROM 17 TO 315 B BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE COMING UP TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT MEETING IS PROBABLY JUST TOO BEST TO EITHER MAKE IT MORE GENERIC WITH REGARDS TO 209 AND USE MONIES TOWARDS THAT WORD JUST TAKE A STEP FURTHER COULD BE 1.5 MILLION FOR A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT IS NOT LET YET. LET ME THINK WE BEEN OUT AND GOT IT BACK. WE STILL HAVE THOSE IN THE QUEUE. 209 IS STILL WITHIN THE QUEUE IT'S WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT IS. >> AS WE HAVE FACED A LOT OF THE PROJECTS AGAIN THE PROJECT 3209 3A, 3B AND 3C DEPEND ON WHEN APPROPRIATIONS COME WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS THE LEADING BUT 3A WE WILL HAVE FAIRLY SHORTLY WE HAVE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 30-45 DAYS. B WHICH IS A SOLUTION WILL BE LETTING THAT FOR 60-90 DAYS AND OF COURSE THERE IS THE C PORTION THAT'S FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. >> PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS MERCER SAID WERE CHARLIE TOLD ME WE CAN DO IT WAS ALREADY ABOUT TO BEGIN OR WHATEVER SO THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT WE WERE SAFE WITH RUSSELL ROAD SO NOW BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT? >> PROJECT NUMBER TWO YES WERE READY TO GO TO CONTRACT WITH THAT. >> THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT WE COULD ASK FOR MONEY. IT WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. LET'S FOR ONE OF THE PHASES >> 41 OF THE PHASES PROBABLY NOT THREE LETTER A OR MAYBE 3C. >> NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BODIES COULD GO TO--. >> IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD WE WILL WRITE IT SO IT'S MORE GENERIC AND THE PART OF THE BONE IN TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT WAS NOT LEFT FOR THAT AREA. >> RICHARD, I KNOW WE HAD EVEN SPOKE ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS ROAD 617 WHICH IS A STATE ROAD THAT DOT ACTUALLY MAY EVEN POSSIBLY HELP US BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT BACKS UP 17 EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> DOT HAS ALREADY COME FORWARD WITH A STATE GRANT ON THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD. >> IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION TO GO IN WILL MAK IT MORE GENERIC TO COVER THAT IN THAT AREA WE CAN WORK WITH IT AND WORK IT THAT WAY. I THINK THE SAME WOULD APPLY TO VETERANS PARK I THINK WE ARE SPECIFIC ON A VETERANS ABSENTLY TAKE A STEP BACK AND WE FOCUS ON MONIES TOWARDS WHITE WAYS AND TRAILS WE HAVE A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY NORTH FLORIDA TPO, BETH IS HERE, THERE'S THAT WE CAN REFERENCE THAT STUDY WITH REGARDS TO CONNECTING THE GREENLEE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WE HAVE ARTIFACT STUDY TO GO FROM A WITH THAT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS VETERANS PARK WAS WHERE THE BUS WAS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE WE KNOW WORK INTO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND MAYBE THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO TACKLE WITH REGARDS TO TRAILERS. >> I WANT TO GO WHERE THE BUS IS BECAUSE THEIR CITIZENS NOT BUZZING OR THEIR BUZZING IN A BAD WAY ABOUT THAT AND I THINK WE'D BE VERY CLEAR IF IT'S NOT VETERANS PARK IS NOT NECESSARILY ACCESS. >> LET'S WALK THIS BACK FOR ONE SECOND. THE $250,000 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY WE DISCUSSED THAT WAS OUR PUP FUNDS THAT DOES NOT COVER THE MASTER PLAN IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT RIGHT? >> WHICH MASTER PLAN? >> SO IT COVERS BOTH I'M GLAD WE HAVE THAT CLARITY. SPECIFIC TO VETERANS PARK. >> THANK YOU, ED. >> $250,000 IS FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ACCESS VETERANS PARK. --. >> I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. I HAVE BEEN OUT TO PARENTS PARK SO I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO TAKE LIFE AT OAK LANE TO GET OVER THERE BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ACCESS POINT TO THAT 641 ACRES SPECIFICALLY MY [01:55:07] NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT AN ACCESS POINT TO VETERANS PARK SO LET'S NOT LET'S BE CAREFUL WHEN WE SAY THAT THESE FUNDS ARE BEING ACCESSED FOR THESE FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED FOR ACCESS AND ONLY BEING FOR LIVE OAK BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER BEEN THE POSITION OF THE BOARD ASKING FOR FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT. IN THE OTHER THING IS DISAPPEARING WITH MADAM CHAIR AS FAR AS IT IS IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD THAT IF WE DON'T ASK FOR THE MONEY WERE NOT WANT TO GET IT SO WE CAN DECIDE LATER CALLED THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED BUT TO SAY THAT THESE IDEAS ARE HALF-BAKED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED AT THIS POINT IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST SO I'M NOT SURE I WOULD REMOVE ASKING FOR FUNDS MAYBE IT'S NOT 1.5 OF COURSE I WANT TO ECHO IT WE RECEIVED FUNDING GUIDANCE FROM MERCER SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THESE PROJECTS. WE ARE NOT EVEN SURE HOW MUCH OF IT WILL COME BACK OR BE APPROVED IS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO FOR US TO NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO A VERY BROAD IDEA I THINK IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD. BUT THAT'S MY THOUGHT. >> I WOULD WANT TO CHALLENGE THAT IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. SO THE FIVE OF US SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE WHEN WE TALK TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND OTHER LEGISLATORS BECAUSE OUR DELEGATION IS NOT ON ALL OF THESE COMMITTEES. SO IF WE CAN'T GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND POSSIBLY SPEAK BEFORE A COMMITTEE OR GO INTO EIGHT LEGISLATORS OFFICE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT I WANT, THIS IS WHAT OUR COUNTY IS ASKING THIS MONEY FOR AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH IT I WOULD ARGUE LAST YEAR I CAN EVERY SINGLE ONE THAT WE ASKED FOR. WE TALKED ABOUT FIRE STATIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OPERATIONS WE GOT, IN FACT, FOR THE REGIONAL PARK. I WOULD SAY ON THE REGIONAL PARK HERE WHEN I TALKED WITH KIMBERLY SHE IS NOT SURE IF ORANGE PARK IS DOING THE BIG PICKLE BALL THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE COUNTRY CLUB WHO WAS PLANNING TO DO SO I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO PUT PICKLE BALL ON THERE. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT I AM I AM NOT TRYING TO CHALLENGE THE WAY WE DID IT I THINK ALL OF US MEETING WITH MERCER IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BUT WE NEVER HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT MERCER I MARKED DOWN MY TOP ONES AND YOU KNOW WHAT NOTHING I MARKED IS ON THIS LIST, NOT ONE, BUT I AM ONE OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS. I AM NOT SAYING I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET BETTER WITH OUR PROCESS EVERY YEAR BUT I THINK I MAY BE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX PUT A VALUE ON THAT BUT THE OTHERS A LOT OF IT IS NOT. SO ANYWAY I JUST THAT WAS MY POINT MUST BE ABLE TO IT. WHY PUT OUT APPROPRIATIONS IF WE CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THEY MEAN, THAT WAS MY POINT. >> THE SOLUTION IS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE APPROPRIATIONS WOULD BE FOR NOT NECESSARILY MIXING THE PROJECT. I CONCEDED TO THAT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN ALL ADDRESS THESE APPROPRIATIONS. I THINK THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE AT THIS JUNCTURE. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. HOW DO WE FLUSH THIS OUT IN A WAY THAT PUTS THIS PUBLIX MIND AT EASE WITH WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IS WHAT ANY GUIDANCE ON SO WERE NOT THROWING THE PUBLIC INTO A PANIC ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WERE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES. I THINK THAT'S TERRIBLY PREMATURE THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE. SO WHAT ANSWERS DO WE NEED TO PRESENT AT THIS POINT TO HELP US BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO AN ALLOCATION FOR VETERANS PARK? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> I CAN ONLY GO BACK AND HOW SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS WAS. OUT OF THE 10 WE ASK FOR WE RECEIVED EIGHT OUT OF THE 10. IT WAS $8 MILLION OUT OF $9 MILLION THAT WAS RECEIVED. WHAT REALLY THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT GO ON TO THE BRIEF SHEETS THAT THE STAFF HAS TO PREPARE. THIS SHOULD TELL A QUICK STORY AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR, IT'S ALSO QUICK STORY RIGHT HERE VISIBLY BUT EACH ONE [02:00:08] OF YOU WILL BE BRIEFED MORE AND IN-DEPTH ON THE PROJECTS. WE WERE JUST LOOKING TO NAIL FIVE DOWN REALLY AND TRULY WE ARE TRYING TO GET DOWN TO FIVE JUST LIKE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL THAT YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF YOU CAN LOOK AT HOW GENERIC THAT ONE IS. WHEN IT COMES TO IT, THE BUZZWORD OF RESILIENCY IS ON AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE REGIONAL? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IT WAS UNDER THE HEADING OF TRAILS AND PARKS IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD CARD. WE HAD FIVE ITEMS THAT WAS ON THERE. WE EVEN HAD A VETERANS PARK ACCESS ON THERE ON THE LAST ONE. SO I WOULD SAY WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND I THINK THAT SHOWS SOME STANDARDIZATION THAT WE HAVE GOT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, AREA OF THE COUNTY OR THAT PARTICULAR NEED WITHIN THE COUNTY IS LISTED AGAIN. UM, I THINK, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE FIVE THESE WERE OUR BEST GUESS AS A STAFF. NOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE. MADAM CHAIR, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR YOUR REQUEST FOR REPRESENTATIVE THEY MOST LIKELY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO ADD THE AND MAYBE WE CAN FIX THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE HAD THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY WAS ON THERE. WE DID LOCAL SUPPORT GRANTS. WE HAD THE OPIOID SUPPORT FACILITIES APPROPRIATION WE WERE ABLE TO LABEL ONES UNDER THERE. SO I GUESS LOOKING AT THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE MORE BROADER HEADINGS AND ADD MORE UNDERNEATH EACH ONE AND AGAIN I DON'T HAVE THAT PREPARED RIGHT NOW BUT WE CAN PREPARE IT FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. WERE TRYING TO GET THE CARD DONE BY JANUARY, RIGHT? . TRY TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCESS IT'S HARD TO TAKE ALL OF THESE NEEDS, THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC WOULD UNDERSTAND WE ARE TRYING TO ASK TARGETED AREAS THAT WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF FOR TO BETTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SERVICE WITHIN THE COUNTY. BY ALL MEANS, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING AND I THINK THAT LEADS HAND-IN-HAND WHY WERE TRYING TO GET OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS EASIER. IT WILL SHOW US THAT WITHIN THOSE TOP FIVE AREAS THAT WERE TRYING TO PURSUE FOR INSTANCE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WOULD BE CONNECTED TO AN APPROPRIATIONS ASK YEAR-TO-YEAR. I THINK LOOKING AT THIS WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT, HAVE THE LITTLE MORE GENERIC, I'M LOOKING AT THE OLD CARD BY THE WAY TO TRY TO MIMIC THAT A LITTLE BETTER AND WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS THAT. ANOTHER GOAL I HAVE IS THAT I REALLY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON ALL THE ASKS WE HAD IN THE TOP FIVE AND THAT WAS EMPHASIZED WITH MERCER AND WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT ANOTHER AREA I WOULD LIKE TO GET 10 PERCENT IS AN EXAMPLE OR FIVE FOR FIVE IN THIS CASE OF WHERE WERE AT. I WOULD ASK THOUGH IF THE BOARD COULD TAKE A LOOK AND I DON'T AGREE TO SWITCH GEARS QUICKLY ON THE LEGISLATION SIDE OF IT BUT I WOULD'VE ASKED YOU BEFORE WE MOVE ON IF WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE LEGISLATURE PARITIES AND DISCUSSIONS THERE MAYBE TRY TO SOLIDIFY THAT THAT MAY BE A LITTLE EASIER BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. AND THEN I THINK WE CAME BACK WITH A BETTER WAY TO PRESENT THESE APPROPRIATIONS IN A BETTER FASHION FOR YOU AND MAYBE PROVIDE MORE FEEDBACK AND GIVE US ANOTHER TWO WEEKS FOR THAT, AS AN EXAMPLE, FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS SITE. >> THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS THERE SOME MISPERCEPTION HERE AT THE BOARD. THERE HAS TO BE CLARITY BECAUSE WE WILL TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND MANY TIMES BETWEEN IF WE CAN'T SPEAK AS ONE VOICE THEY ARE GOING TO DENOTE THAT RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVE TO BE ONE OF FORM WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT BOTH MEANS AND ALSO FOR THE QR CODE IF SOMEONE HAPPENS TO LOOK THAT UP THEY CAN SEE THE SAME THING WE ARE SAYING. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. TO DESCRIBE IT. I HEAR EVERYBODY TALKING IN SOME MISPERCEPTION ON WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN SO WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT. >> COMMISSIONER CELLA. [02:05:02] >> THANK YOU. LET'S START WITH THE APPROPRIATIONS IF WE COULD. ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK THAT'S BROUGHT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE REASONS I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE LIKE ON THE REGIONAL PARK GRANT AND ASKING FOR MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS FOR VOLLEYBALL AND FOOTBALL IS BECAUSE IF A SPECIFIC THING IS NOT ON THE APPROPRIATIONS AND WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON IT. AT THIS POINT. ESPECIALLY WITH THE REGIONAL PARK TALK TO KIMBERLY ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE IN PHASE 2 OR 1B OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. WE COULD CERTAINLY USE MORE FIELDS. IF THERE ARE MONIES THAT ARE LEFT OVER THAT DON'T ALLOW US TO PUT A NEW FIELD AND THAT WE CAN PREVENT AND GO TO A VOLLEYBALL OR PICKLE BALL DEPENDING BECAUSE THOSE ARE A LOT LESS COSTLY ESPECIALLY THE VOLLEYBALL, SAND, BEACH VOLLEYBALL. SO IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL THESE APPROPRIATIONS. THE STATE SENDS THE APPROPRIATION TO YOU AND HAS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO. WE HAVE TO NAME SOMETHING ON THE APPROPRIATION. SO IF YOU LOOK BACK TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR IT WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC AND I THINK THAT'S WHY SOME OF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. WE DID 5,000,004 TURN LANES, THE RELAYS EXPANSION FOR 4 MILLION WE HAD VETERANS PARK ACCESS AND I THINK THE SPORTS COMPLEX GOT 1 MILLION. BUT I MIGHT CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY CENTER WE ORIGINALLY PUT $1 MILLION DOWN PERSONALLY OBJECTED TO IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE WANT TO GET STUCK FOR PAYING FOR THE REST OF IT I THINK DETROIT THROUGHOUT 2 MILLION. MAYBE DOCTOR BURKE DID. >> I SAID WAS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR THE MILLION? >> THAT WAS A WISE CHOICE AND YOU SAID NO. I WILL PUT IT BACK IN MERCER HE IS SHOOTING A LOWBALL IN SOME CASES IF YOU WANT SOMETHING SPECIFIC WE SHOULD PUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE THINK WE NEED. FOR EXAMPLE, HIGHWAY 16 WE KNOW WERE NOT CAN GET 20 MILLION. MAYBE IF WE ASKED FOR THREE BECAUSE WE CAN DO FOR LANE NEAR THE STRETCH OF ROAD THAT'S BY THE FAIRGROUNDS THEY CAN INCORPORATE THE FOUR LANES AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE AND EXPANDED TO BE THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TALK SOMEONE INTO BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SPEND A LOT LESS THAN $20 MILLION. VETERANS PARK I WENT ALONG WITH VETERANS PARK BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE WHAT COULD BE THERE WHAT KIND OF PARK IT COULD BE BUT THE SPORT HAS NEVER REALLY VOTED ON A DIRECTION FOR VETERANS PARK. WE ASK FOR MONEY, WE ASKED FOR BARBARA MONIES FOR FEASIBILITY BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IS FEASIBLE AND WHAT ISN'T. INCLUDING WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT THERE OR NOT. THERE BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S A FEDERAL PART THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US. SO I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS THAT I DON'T THINK WE WERE READY TO ASK FOR SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK IN SOME CASES WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON MERCER BUT I THINK WE ALSO TO THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX A LITTLE BIT. IF A SPECIFIC REPRESENTATIVE SAYS, YES, I WANT SOMETHING OTHER THAN WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THERE. I WASN'T IN FAVOR OF THE GENEVA PROJECT BUT THAT DOESN'T AFFECT MY DISTRICT. SO THEY ASKED ME TO PUT ONE THROUGH FIVE AND IN SOME CASES FOR MY DISTRICT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS THAT IMPACTS MY DISTRICT. BUT I VOTED ON ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX IF WE REALLY THINK WE NEED 30, 50, 75 MILLION FOUR AND THEN WE SHOULD ASK FOR THREE OR 5 MILLION NAKED WORTHWHILE SO THEY CAN SEE WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING AFTER IT. WHAT'S $1 MILLION GOING TO GET US WE CANNOT DESIGN ANYTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LAND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOOD TO GO. HOW DO WE SPEND $1 MILLION TO GET PLANS IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE WITH THE PLANS. SO THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME WORK. I THINK MERCER IS GREAT BECAUSE HE DOES WE ALSO HAVE TO JUST BE VERY STRONG AND WHAT WE THINK WORKS FOR OUR COUNTY. AT THIS POINT I THINK ASKING FOR MILLION WHEN WE NEEDED 20 TO FINISH THE THING DON'T THINK LEGISLATORS LIKE THAT EITHER THEY WANT TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. >> FROM THAT STANDPOINT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD ASK FOR WHICH OBVIOUSLY DID NOT MAKE THE LIST EITHER IT WAS THE LIBRARY BECAUSE I THINK WERE THREE OR $4 MILLION MAYBE WE [02:10:04] COULD GET SOMEWHERE WITH IT OR AT LEAST DESIGN IT AND HAVE IT READY. A LIBRARY IS SOMETHING I THINK FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGISLATORS THEY LIKE A BUILDING OR LIKES OF THE LIKE THAT. >> AGAIN, AS WE BEEN DOING THIS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING CONCRETE. >> THE CONVERSATION WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE WERE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO ACQUIRE THE LAND THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION FOR THE LIBRARY, HEY, LET'S MOVE TOWARDS ALLOCATING SOME FUNDS FOR THIS AND THEN AND UNFOLDED RATHER QUICKLY THAT, HEY, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND FROM THE CDD SO WE HAD TO WALK THAT THERE, TOO. I AM SEEING A PATTERN I DON'T WANT FOR US TO BOX OURSELVES AND WHEN WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING ANSWERS TO THESE THINGS. I SPOKE TO JUSTIN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT VETERANS PARK AND FEASIBILITY STUDY MASTER PLAN AND ONCE THE COUNTY SUBMITS THE PAPERWORK I WAS QUOTED 4-5 MONTHS OF GETTING SOME OF THESE RESPONSES BACK. I GUESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD YOU ALL WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT. AND SO, I MAKE THAT CONCESSION. THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE HAVING HAVING WITH STAFF, HAVING WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER, HAVING WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY BUT TO YOUR POINT, MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT WANT TO PRESENT ANYTHING HALF-BAKED BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY FOR WHATEVER IT IS ASKING FOR AS RELATES TO THE FINALITY OF A PROJECT. BECAUSE OF NOTICE THAT IF I DO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FULLY DEVELOPED I.E. THE WORK. THERE'S A LOT OF RESISTANCE WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE VETERANS PARK ON THE LIST FROM LAST YEAR. WE ARE ASKING TO PUT IT BACK ON THE LIST THIS YEAR BUT THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED THE RESCUE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT TO DO WITH IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE BE ALLOCATING FUNDS TO A PARTNER FOR NOT PLANNING TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING. I GUESS I'M AT A LOSS HERE AS TO HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALLOCATIONS IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL OF THESE PLANS COME BACK BEFORE WE START ASKING FOR THE MONEY WHEN WE KNOW THAT THESE PLANS ARE GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE THE APPROPRIATIONS OR EVEN MADE. HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON A SITUATION LIKE THIS BECAUSE I'M VERY EAGER TO LEARN. >> MADAM CHAIR, ARE WE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND YOU. AND WERE INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT, IS THAT. ? >> MADAM CHAIR, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD HEALTHY DISCUSSION IN THESE AREAS. TIMING, DOLLAR AMOUNT, SCOPE OF PROJECT THESE ARE ALL CRITICAL THINGS TO DISCUSS AND UNDERSTAND. AGAIN, WHAT WE WERE JUST TRY TO DO IS GET TO A CALM CAR THAT WAS A PALM CARD THAT WAS SIMPLE AND THAT YOU COULD TALK ABOUT. ONE THING WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ON THE TIMELINE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS THAT NOVEMBER 14 IS WHEN THESE ARE DUE THESE SHEETS AND VERY DETAILED SHEETS THAT YOU FILLED OUT BY THE STAFF. YOU REMIND ME SO IT TAKES IT DOESN'T JUST TAKE ONE DAY TO DO THE SHEETS. IT TAKES A BIT OF TIME TO PREPARE THEM. AGAIN, I THINK LAST YEAR'S CARD WORKED BECAUSE IT WAS GENERIC IN A WAY. AND THEN WE BUILD UPON IT AFTER THE FACT WE PROVIDED THOSE DETAILS AND GIVE YOU ALL THE TALKING POINTS TO THEM. AGAIN, I THINK WE COULD GIVE IT A GOOD ONCE AROUND AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND HAVE MORE FIDELITY ON IT. WE CAN CATEGORIZE THEM A BETTER THAN JUST HAVING A TOP FIVE, AS AN EXAMPLE. AND WE CAN ADD IN A REQUEST FROM PAPER PRESENTED FOR THE TREES. IT WAS ON OUR OVERALL ON HERE. >> I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU PUT ON THE PALM CARD HE ASKED ME DO AN APPROPRIATION OR TO THE SHEETS SO WE SHOULD DO THE SHEETS? >> I THINK WE ALWAYS TIED THE PALM CARD TO THE SHEETS. [02:15:01] >> NOT ALWAYS THE ONLY DOES THE PALM CARD TWICE. >> BEFORE THE HOME CARD IT WAS LIKE A 20 PAGE VERY CONFUSING DOCUMENT IT WAS NOT REALLY WELL READ. >> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE MORE TO DO WITH THE RENT SIDE BUT SOME POINT THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER BECAUSE WHILE YOUR PALM CARD IS CAN BE MORE GENERIC THOSE REQUESTS SHEETS THAT GO IN ON NOVEMBER 14 HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC. THIS IS THE PROJECT, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO THE COUNTY MANAGERS OR TO COMMISSIONER CELLA SET IT AND SET OF ALL INVOLVED, APPLICABLE WE CAN'T USE THE MONEY TO BUILD A BASKETBALL COURT IF IT SAYS VOLLEYBALL, PICKLE BALL. AS I WANT TO BUILD A PARK AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ALL BILLS LATER. THOSE APPROPRIATION SHEETS HAVE TO BE VERY LOCKED IN SUNDAY WANTED TO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE SEPARATE. TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN PUT AN APPROPRIATION SHEET FOR THE PROJECT DOWN IN KEYSTONE TO DO A LAKE PROJECT WHETHER IT SHOWS UP ON YOUR PALM CARD OR NOT IS YOUR DISCRETION. BUT I THINK THE TWO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF BOTH PIECES AND I'M SITTING HERE TEXTING WITH MEGAN BECAUSE SHE IS VERY MUCH ABOUT WE HAVE ONE BOARD MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THOSE HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED. THEY CAN BE SUBMITTED BY 5 PM ON THE 14TH. GUESS WHAT, NOVEMBER 14 IS YOUR BOARD MEETING SO REALLY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT ON WHAT SHEETS WE ARE SUBMITTING. FOR CHARLIE AND MEGAN TO PUT THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER AND SEND IT TO THE APPROPRIATION MAILBO . >> THAT'S WHY CERTAIN THINGS ON THIS LIST FROM LAST YEAR DIDN'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THEM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT. BECAUSE WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC IT WAS NOT DIFFICULT TO DO A SPORTS COMPLEX RICHARD TOLD US TO BE DUE IF IT COULD ASK FOR TURN LANES WE DIDN'T GET IT WE COULD MAKE DO BUT WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. THE EXPANSION, THE SWEAT PROGRAM, THE TWO FIRE STATIONS, THE WAREHOUSE AND THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY WERE VERY SPECIFIC. I THINK WE WERE ALL. >> VETERANS PARK REMEMBER THE WE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US A GRANT OF $1 MILLION. WE WERE SURPRISED BECAUSE WE DID NOT REALLY FLESHED OUT WE USED WHATEVER --THEY CAME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT. >> I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN DOING WEIRD QUITE A BIT FROM TALLAHASSEE ABOUT GREEN WAYS AND TRAILS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THE VETERANS PARK AT LEAST INITIALLY. I DON'T KNOW THERE'S MUCH THAT CHANGED IN THAT SAME LANGUAGE SHOWS UP ON THE SEAT SHEET WE WERE GIVEN TONIGHT. ACCESS TO TRAIL SO. >> THE DIFFERENCES THIS YEAR'S HAS A MONEY AMOUNT ATTACHED TO IT AND I'M ASKING IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THAT MONEY. >> I THINK LESTER'S VETERANS PARK DID HAD LIVE OAK. >> LIVE OAK LANE THE GREENWAY EXPANSION IS THE LEAVE OAK LAN , THAT WAS SEPARATE FROM VETERANS PARK. >> AGAIN, SEPARATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY FROM A LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS ASK WE DID NOT ACTUALLY SUBMIT A FORM CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE SUBMITTED AND HAD A FORM SUBMITTED THAT WENT TO THE PROCESS GOT APPROVED THAT WAS LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION OUTSIDE OF US ASKING FOR IT. KIND OF LIKE THE ORIGINAL REGIONAL PARK MANY REMEMBER WHEN WE DID REGIONAL PARK MONEY WE DID NOT GO TO A LEGISLATOR AND ASKED FOR THE $3 MILLION FOR THE REGIONAL PARK. THE STATE SAID, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS NEED TO BUILD ORIGINAL PART ARE YOU WILLING TO COME WITH THE MATCH? THE COUNTY SAID, YES. SO I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE. THERE'S A CLEAR DISTINCTION OF US ASKING AND PUTTING A FORM DOWN SAY NEVER DOING X, Y, Z. SO IT'S ASKING FOR TO MAKE A TRUE APPROPRIATION ASK VERSUS EIGHT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> CORRECT ME FROM I'M WRONG WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT THE LEGISLATURE GAVE US [02:20:01] THIS MONEY AND, IN ESSENCE, THIS YEAR WERE IN A POSITION TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO USE A PROJECT THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO ALLOCATE OR COME UP WITH AN IQ FOR PROJECT THEY ARE WHAT TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A FINANCIAL LEGISLATIVE ASK AND HAS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ASK FOR US TO FILL OUT THAT FORM TO SUBMIT TO THEM BECAUSE BASICALLY THOSE ARE LINE ITEM APPROPRIATIONS. >> SO THE INFLATION OVERAGES FOR BOND AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IS A VERY SPECIFIC AS . WE KNOW WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS ARE THAT THE VERY SPECIFIC ASK. >> I WOULD SAY WERE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GET IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY I THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT GENERIC FOR HIM TO MAKE A LEGISLATIVE ASK IN FILLING OUT THE FORM. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY SPECIFIC BECAUSE THOSE FORMS ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO A PROJECT I MEAN THEY ARE VERY DETAILED BACK TO THE REGIONAL PARK. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIGHTS AND AWNINGS AND OTHER STUFF AT THE REGIONAL PARK THAT MILLION DOLLARS THEY GAVE US THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY HAD A LANGUAGE FOR LIGHTING AND OVERHANGS,. ME IF I'M WRONG. SHE DID. IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC IN WHAT WE COULD USE THE MONEY FOR BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY WROTE THE PROJECT. WE CAN'T SAY NEVER GOING TO SAY FOR THE USE THE MONEY TO BUILD MORE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS. WE HAVE JESUS FOR THE AWNINGS OR IT THE SHADE. OR YOU CAN ASK FOR MODIFICATION WHICH GETS INTO THAT MAYBE IT DOES GO TO I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. >> I THINK IT DID, AGAIN, A NUMBER OF THESE CERTAINLY THINGS WE NEED AND LET'S FACE IT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LEGISLATURES DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE ON WHERE THERE APPROPRIATIONS ARE GOING TO LAND AT LEAST THEM FROM THE STATE SENATE SIDE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIDE THERE MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT THAT USUALLY PRESENTED IN THEIR BASE IN THEIR DISTRICT BUT ONE IS THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY GOING TO HAVE TO DOLE OUT. SOMETIMES THEY GIVE US MONIES THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE LOOKED FOR THE SUBJECTS THEY HAD AND THEY COULD TAKE IT OUT OF A CERTAIN PATH AS IT WAS VERY ILLUMINATING WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE GARRISON THEY HAD DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY LIKE WE HAVE DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY WE THINK OF IT ALL IS ONE BUT THEY HAVE IN THE MEDICAL HEALTH COULD BE HOW WE ENDED UP WITH 3 MILLION FOR THE DETOX CENTER IS BASICALLY THEY HAD MORE MONEY IN THE WHOLE THING THAT SO THEY COULD GIVE IT TO US. THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN THE CASE WITH THE PARKS OR TRAILS OR SOMETHING ELSE. >> IN THE LEGISLATURE THE MONEY YOU RECEIVED IS COMING FROM THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES. THE MONEY THAT'S COMING FOR THE FIRE STATIONS IS COMING OUT OF ONE POT OF MONEY THE MONEY COMING FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS COMING FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY THE TURN LANES CAME OUT OF DOT $3.5 MILLION THAT WE JUST RECEIVED CAME OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM. IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, IT'S THAT DYNAMIC IS THAT CHANGING ITS, FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATE, FUNDS ARE EARMARKED FUNDS ARE OPENED UP FOR ACCESS TO THAT FUNDS ARE OPENED UP FOR PARTICULAR REASONS BECAUSE REVENUES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THE STATE ARE GREATER THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED. AND SO, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR AREA TO ALLOCATE THOSE MONIES. AND I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO BE REASONABLE OF WHAT'S ON THE CARD LIKE WE DON'T HAVE 100 AND SIX ON THE CARD OR 50 ASKS ON THE CARD OR 25 ASKS ON THE CARD SO IT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF TALKING WITH MERCER AND WE HAVE SEEN WHAT OTHER COUNTIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING. HE IS THERE, HE IS BOOTS ON THE GROUND HE IS THERE DAILY AND UNDERSTANDS WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP. AND WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT BABY IN A PARTICULAR TOPICAL AREA WHICH WOULD BE QUALITY OF LIFE WHICH WOULD INCLUDE GREENWAYS WHICH INCLUDE TRAILS INCLUDE GREEN SPACE, PARKS AND JUST AN EXAMPLE THERE. INFRASTRUCTURE WISE ROADS AND BRIDGES IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. [02:25:09] A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION OPENS UP AND WE HAVE OUR CARD AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR. AGAIN, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BETTER CARE IN THE NEXT MEETING AND GIVE US MORE TIME. WE CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL BEHIND THE SCENES TO JUMP ON THAT. I THINK WHAT WE ARE JUST REALLY LOOKING TODAY WAS TO GET A TOP FIVE. AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB ON CATEGORIZING THOSE TOP FIVE IF YOU ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. AND MAYBE GET A LITTLE WORK SIMILAR TO THE OLD CART. BUT I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO LEAVE BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE SLAVERS. >> TONIGHT IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OFFICIALLY ABOUT ANY PROJECT. REPRESENTATIVE PAIN IS LEADING LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR AND HE'S HIGHLY THOUGHT OF AND PHYSICIAN SO I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND IF HE IS GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AND THEREFORE TO SUPPORT HIM I WOULD SAY THAT SOMETHING BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BUT I HAVE NOT. >> THAT'S A FLAW IN OUR PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS ON THAT LIST. >> I SAW IT BUT NOBODY BRIEFED PME ON WHAT THAT IS. >> THAT'S A FLAW IN THE PROCESS BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE DO MORE ABOUT. >> BACK TO MY ORIGINAL COMMENT THE FIDELITY ON WHAT GOES BEHIND THIS ASK IS REASONABLE. >> HERE IS THE OTHER THING WE HAVE MORE THAN FIVE ITEMS SO WHY ARE WE TRYING TO WHITTLE IT DOWN MANY PROJECTS INTO TOP FIVE WHEN WERE NOT GOING TO PUT TOP FIVE JUST ON THE BACK? WE HAVE MORE LIKE 25. >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE. >> WHY ARE WE TRYING TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO JUST FIVE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WAY WE DID LAST YEAR AND IT WAS MORE THAN FIVE. >> JUST BASED ON DISCUSSIONS. >> YES, WE CAN EXPAND. >> ANYONE HAVE ISSUE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PIECE? I DON'T HAVE ISSUE WITH ANY OF THOSE. >> I DON'T HAVE ISSUE WITH WHAT IS THERE BUT JUST ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO WE HAD THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE ADJUSTMENT BOARD FOR THIS YEAR AND THE FILING FEE FOR APPEALING AND TAX TO THE VA IS $15 THAT WAS SET BACK IN 1982 OR 83 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IN TODAY'S DOLLARS IT WOULD BE WORTH $46. WE GET OVER 1000 CLOSE TO A THOUSAND FILINGS THE APPEAL AND IT COST HIM ONLY $15 APIECE. SEVEN OF THOSE WERE FROM RESIDENTS THE REST WERE FROM CORPORATIONS. IT WAS A REAL STRAIN ON THE SYSTEM THE CLERK CAN PROBABLY TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT THE THOUGHT WAS MAYBE WE CAN ASK THEM TO MODIFY THAT FILING FEE OR LEAVE IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES TO MAKE THE FILING FEE WHAT THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE. THAT SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS PUTTING ON THEIR SHE INDICATED HER OFFICE WOULD SUPPORT THAT. >> I CAN ADD TO THAT I MET WITH BRAD GARRISON YESTERDAY AND BROUGHT THAT UP. LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT OPENING UP THAT STATUTE FOR MANY REASONS BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION PERHAPS A WAY TO SET IT WHERE THE COUNTY CAN SET THE FEE VERSUS A CAP WITH THE RESOLUTION THE WAY IT IS TODAY. IT'S ON HIS LIST FOR MY LIST FOR LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS. I THINK WE NEED MORE CONVERSATION SO HE BETTER UNDERSTANDS IT SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE FIND A CHAMPION FOR. >> IT WOULD BE WITH US TO PUT IT ON THEM BUT WE NEED TO WORK WITH YOU AS FAR AS LANGUAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CONVERSATION. >> HE TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A TOUGH ONE. >> WE HAVE LOTS OF ROOM AND LOTS OF PAPERWORK SO WE CAN FIT ON THAT. HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THESE FOR EXEMPTION COME IN LATE AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY HAVING STAFF PHYSICALLY AND PUT THEM INTO THE SYSTEM AND THE THE FIRST PASS AND TALKS TO UGH EVERYBODY AND IN SOME CASES IS ABLE TO GET THEM OFF AND THEY ENDED UP WITH WHAT 600? FIVE SOMETHING. >> WE ENDED UP WITH 191 BEING RESOLVED WITHDRAWN SO WERE DOWN TO LIFE FIVE 35 OR SO. [02:30:14] >> NOT EVEN SEVEN IT WAS SIX. >> I STAND CORRECTED. >> YOU HAVE A DIRECTION ENOUGH TO BRING THAT BACK? >> YES, MA'AM. WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE I JUST QUICKLY TOOK AND IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD I KIND OF LUMPED THEM INTO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. ON THIS CARD INSTEAD OF HAVING TERESA BROUGHT IT BACK UP TOP 25 IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD WE CAN BRING AND I HAVE MADE THESE I THINK IF WE CAN NARROW THIS DOWN AND PUT THEM UNDER THESE HEADINGS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR. IF THE STRUCTURE WOULD INCLUDE MODERN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT THE BRIDGE DOWN FOR 217 LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT AND A FEW OTHERS. SO I CAN AT LEAST USE THAT HEADING AND ADD 123 ITEMS UNDERNEATH AND THE BEAUTIFULLY MORE SO 2-3 MAYBE FOUR ITEMS ON THEIR AND I CAN CAPTURE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SECOND BIG BEN ARE TRAILS, PARKS AND LAKES. TRAILS, PARKS AND LAKES AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST ONE WE JUST HAD A TRAILS AND PARKS ADDING LINKS WE CAN ADD IN AND PUT THAT POSSIBLY AS NUMBER ONE. LAKE PORTION REPRESENT PAIN HAD MENTIONED AND WE ADDED VETERANS PARK AND TRAILS AND I CAN PUT THEIR ALSO ONCE WE CAN PROVIDE YOU MORE INFIDELITY, FIDELITY ON THAT. SO THE LAST HAS PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY. I THINK WERE DIRECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE FIRE STATIONS BUT AS COMMISSIONER CELLA MENTIONED EVERY PUT ON ANOTHER FIRST STATION WAS THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN? MAYBE WE HAD A FIRE STATION WILL LOOK AT CHIEF MOCK ON THAT WE CAN PUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX THERE WE CAN PUT IT WHAT I'M THINKING THE HEARING THE BOARD SAY ON THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WOULD BE WE WILL PUT $30 MILLION DOWN OR $30 BILLION FOR PHASE 1 IS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ESTIMATED COST WERE LIKE WAY OVER 50 MILLION. DETROIT IF I'M WRONG. SO WE FIX -- THAT WOULD BE A HUGE ASK. WE COULD PUT THAT DOWN AND ASK FOR A REALLY BIG, BIG ITEM. >> LISTENING TO REPRESENTATIVE GARRISON AT THE DELEGATION HE BASICALLY ASKED THE SHERIFF WHAT WE NEEDED. >> SO IF THAT PLEASES THE BOARD IF THERE'S 1/4 ONE I WOULD ASK NOW IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW IF YOU THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. WE REALLY STAYED AWAY FROM THE LOCAL SUPPORT GRANTS I DID NOT PUT THAT IN THE OPIOID I LEFT THAT ALONG. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER REQUEST WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM OTHERS WE WILL DO LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I WILL READ THAT WITH CHARLIE. IS THERE ANOTHER BEEN OR HEADING OR TOPIC YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON WITH THE STAFF WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY. SO AGAIN, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAILS, PARKS AND LAKES, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. IF THAT PLEASES THE BOARD THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND WE WILL LIST AT LEAST TWO OR MORE UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THOSE AND GET US TO A HEALTHY NUMBER AND BY THE FACT YOU WILL GET MORE THAN FIVE. >> CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE? NORTHEAST FLORIDA COUNSEL HAS RESILIENCY EVERYONE ELSE DOES IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT GIVES US LEEWAY IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE THINGS. >> YES, SIR AND I AM LOOKING AT THIS MAIN TOPIC IS HOW I GOT TO THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THAT FOR THAT, TOO. >> I THINK MADAM CHAIR IF I MAKE THIS IS A HEALTHY DISCUSSION. TOGETHER WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT. WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK INDIVIDUALLY WITH MERCER I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD HEALTHY DISCUSSION TO HEAR WHAT DIRECTION THE BOARD TO MAKE [02:35:01] ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. AND REALLY TO GET US TO A CARD THAT YOU WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH BRIEFING ON CLAY DAY AND LEGISLATURE SO WE CAN BE MORE BETTER PREPARED AND MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN LAST YEAR THEN GETTING ALL OF THAT. THAT WAS LIKE A PERSONAL GOAL FOR ME. >> IF I COULD ADD I THINK THAT WAS A PERSONAL GOAL FOR MERCER ON THIS CARD. THIS IS TAKING SEVERAL DAYS AND SEVERAL HOURS FOR US TO COORDINATE WHAT WAS BEING ASKED FOR. HE WAS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT COMMITTEES WHO IS ON THE, WHAT POTS OF MONEY ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE, WHAT HER OPPORTUNITY OR PERCENTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET. HE DROVE THIS PROCESS ACTUALLY HE HONESTLY CAME UP WITH THE NUMBERS. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THIS WAS SOME ARBITRARY LET'S JUST THROW DOWN SOME NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IT WAS VERY WELL DRIVEN BY SOMEONE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM IN TALLAHASSEE. >> WHAT IS MORE THAN JUST HIM THAT HAS TO IT. I APPRECIATE HIS WORK, I DO, I APPRECIATE HIS THOUGHT PROCESS HE WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND EXPLAINING IT MAYBE THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE SHOULD'VE HAD LAST WEEK AFTER HE MET INITIALLY WITH HIM BECAUSE TO COMMISSIONER COMPERE'S POINT EARLIER YOU DID NOT SAY WHAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO THAT WE DO COMPLY WITH SUNSHINE LAW SO TO WHAT COMMISSIONER COMPERE SAID WITH HER CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND THOSE THINGS THAT THE REST OF US ARE NOT PRIVY TO OUR HELPFUL TO KNOW AND TO COMMISSIONER RENNINGER'S POINT WE KNOW THE DETAILS SO WE CAN HAVE THE WHOLE PICTURE. BECAUSE WHILE WE SERVE OUR OWN DISTRICTS WE ALL SERVE THE COUNTY AND WE WANT TO DO THAT. WE HAVE BEEN VERY AT THE END OF THE DAY TEAM ORIENTED AND PUTTING FORTH THAT IN TALLAHASSEE TO BE THAT ONE VOICE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT AND THAT IS TIMING IS IMPORTANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO ENUNCIATE OUR DESIRE TO FIND VISIT FLORIDA AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL TO PUT ON THE LAST BULLET STATE SUPPORTED TOURISM EFFORTS AND PROGRAMS. BUT THIS IS 87 COUNTY ASK IS WHAT IT IS. THAT'S MORE MEANINGFUL AND WOULD BE MORE MEANINGFUL TO ME IN TALLAHASSEE IF SEVEN COUNTIES WERE ASKING FOR THAT TO OCCUR. GETTING BACK TO THE FEES EVERY COUNTY HAS THIS PROBLEM. SO WE NEED TO DO THIS EARLIER NEXT YEAR IS MY POINT. >> AND DO I HEAR A CONSENSUS PERHAPS TO NOT ONLY MODIFY THE $65 JUDICIAL FEE TO ALSO MODIFY THE VA FEE? >> WE WORKING TO GET VERBIAGE OR WORDING FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD. >> PERFECT. SO THAT MAKES IT WAY MORE THAN FIVE ON THAT ASPECT, TOO, JUST TO POINT THAT OUT. OKAY PERFECT. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AN IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY WHETHER IT SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT. FIVE IS AN ARBITRARY NUMBER THINK WE PUT WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. [27.  Clay County Conservation Lands Program (D. Selig)] >> OKAY READY TO MOVE TO ITEM 27? SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME FOR THE NEXT ITEM WE DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA THAT ONE WOULD TAKE THAT LONG AND WE WOULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD BUT YOU GET TO SEE HOW GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY WORKS. I APOLOGIZE THAT WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME ON THAT ONE BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE ARE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE IS THE CONSERVATION LANDS PROGRAM AND YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. >> CHIEF PLANNER. FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROJECT FROM THE START THE COUNTY DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK INTO CREATING A CONSERVATION LANDS PROGRAM. THE COUNTY PARTNER WITH THE NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST LAST YEAR, LAST FALL. AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE AND THE AMOUNTS MET WITH THE BOARD DIVORCE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION VALUES THEY HAD A WORKSHOP BACK IN JANUARY. AND THEN IN THE SPRING THEY CONDUCTED THREE WORKSHOPS WITH VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET RESIDENTS FEEDBACK ON THEIR PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION VALUES. AND THEN THEY REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH TURNOUT AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD AT THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY CREATED THEIR OWN INITIATIVE AND ONLINE [02:40:04] SURVEY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE AND THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. NOW WE ARE AT THE POINT THE TRUST IS HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE OUTREACH AND ALSO TO PRESENT TO YOU TO DOCUMENT A MANUAL ON A BLUEPRINT ON HOW TO CREATE ON WITH THE LITTLE THERE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE AND THEN I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND ASK AFTER THEY ARE DONE. >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS, WHEN YOU SHOWOFF IN THE SHIRE LIKE THIS YOU WANT TO SAY THE OTHER GUY LOOKS WORSE BUT THE OTHER GUY UNFORTUNATELY IS A LADDER. MY VOICE DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO DO ANYTHING THEN JUST SET THE TABLE AND TRY AND ASK YOU TO FIRST OF ALL INTRODUCE MY STAFF AND HEATHER 90 WHO WILL COME AND SHARE THE DETAILS. I WANT TO TRY AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DEEPLY HELD OUR VALUES ARE AND HOW DEEPER ROOTS ARE HERE. WE ARE NOT A BUNCH OF TREE HUGGING HIPPIES WE JUST WANT TO COME IN TOWN AND SHARE ON HOW TO TAKE CARE, THAT'S WHERE OUR VALUES ARE. WE ARE SUBSTANTIAL IN THIS REGION WE ARE PROTECTING 30,000 ACRES OR SO AND OF THAT ALMOST HALF IS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY AND WE HAVE RETAINED 5000 ACRES THAT WE OWNED TODAY AND HAVE CONVERSATION CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OVER ADDITIONAL 2000 AND THAT'S MY FAVORITE BECAUSE IT KEEPS IT IN PRIVATE HANDS. THE MOST RECENT ACQUISITION WAS 400 ACRES ADJACENT TO YOUR COUNTY REGIONAL PARK AND WE ARE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO BUILD A LOOP TRAIL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE CORE OF OUR EXISTENCE THAT NOW OR NEVER IN TERMS OF PRESERVATION. I CAN ANTICIPATE THE QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT BE INQUIRING TOO MUCH YOU HAVE 412,000 ACRES IN THE COUNTY HAVE QUITE A WAYS LEFT TO GO. WITH THAT IN A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR EARS I WILL TURN IT OVER TO (NAME?) HE IS OUR LANDMINE GURU AND A SET OF PROGRAMS IN ALACHUA AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES AND IS REALLY ONE OF THE TOP PROFESSIONALS IN THIS AREA IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AS A MATTER FACT AND WE LOVE HAVING THEM ON OUR STAFF. >> THANK YOU, ALLISON, I WISH I COULD TAKE HIM EVERYWHERE I WENT AND HAD THAT INTRODUCTION. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER RECEIVED. I AM THE CONSERVATION ACQUISITIONS DIRECTOR I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN. IF WE COULD CANNOT CONTROL THE SLIDES WITH THIS? SO AS ALLISON THESE ARE ACTUALLY IS THE SLIDES SO HE DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB TALKING ABOUT THIS I WILL SKIP TO THIS YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP ON THE WEB BUT OUR MISSION IS A 501(C)(3) PRIVATE NONPROFIT OUR GOAL IS TO CONSERVE CONSERVATION PROJECTS WITH SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES WHETHER THEY BE NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, SALTMARSH, WORKING LANDSCAPES SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. AS ALLISON ALLUDED TO CLAY COUNTY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MAJOR FOCUS AREA IS AT THE CORRIDOR THAT RUNS FROM THE FOREST AND YOU CAN SEE CLAY COUNTY SIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT IS IN THE HEART OF THE H2O WE ARE HAPPY WE ARE HERE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO A LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND WILL HELP US ALSO. HAPPY TO BE HERE. IT WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T APPLAUD RECENT LEGISLATURE THEY DID SET ASIDE AN ADDITIONAL 400 MILLION DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 020 INCLUDING IN CLAY COUNTY THEY SIGNED LEGISLATURE. THIS WAS A LANDMARK YEAR FOR LAND CONSERVATION IN FLORIDA. I THINK THE NUMBER WAS OVER $1 [02:45:06] BILLION LAND CONVERSATION CONSERVATION IT WOULD HAD AN EARMARK FOR FLORIDA AND WE WERE THE LEADING STATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN THE WORLD DOING LAND, STARVATION. CONSERVATION. SO AS ALLISON ALLUDED TO ON THE 25 YEAR VETERAN OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND DO THE LAST DISCUSSION LED TO STRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU DO IS AFTER MANY, MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES, THE PASSION AND THE WORK YOU PUT INTO MAKING DECISIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. AS A VETERAN OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL LAND CONSERVATION STARTING IN ALACHUA AND MIAMI-DADE AND A COUPLE OTHER PLACES SUBSTANTIAL FOR US FOR YOU TO TURN TO US AND SAY HOW CAN WE COME UP WITH A CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CLAY COUNTY? WITH NO SMALL AMOUNT OF CREDIT WAS ABLE TO SWITCH YOU THE BLUEPRINT DOCUMENTS AND I WILL COVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS ANALOGY WE CALL IT THE LINE OF SIGHT SERGEANT CONSERVATION PLANNING THESE ON DIFFERENT STEPS THAT KEEP YOU IN LINE FOR WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO PROTECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE REFERENDUM ALL THE WAY TO ACTUALLY MANAGE THE LAND WHICH IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO PROTECT. KEEPING THESE BENCHMARKS IN PLACE WILL GET YOU WANT TO BE IN THE FA?ADE OF SUCCESS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE WITH THE FLU. IS THAT DOCUMENT TRIES TO GET YOU KIDS THIS IS A SAMPLE REFERENDUM BALLOT WENT THROUGH LETTERS AND WORDS THAT ARE IN RED ARE THE CONSERVATION VALUES, ARE THE AMOUNTS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THE FOLKS LIKE TO READ AND VOTE ON YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL REFERENDUM THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU WAN TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT RIGHT SO IT PASSES. THE CONSERVATION BLUEPRINT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS IS THE CONSERVATION PLAN WHICH GIVES YOU TO THIS POINT AND REFERENCES SOME NAPOLEON THAT DUTY MENTIONED. THIS THE MANUAL THAT ASSUMING YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL REFERENDUM THIS IS HOW YOU RUN YOUR PROGRAM. WHAT IS THAT ARE GATHERED FROM OUR EXPERIENCE TALKING TO FOLKS THEY ARE A ROADMAP FOR THINGS THAT WE USUALLY INCLUDE. OF COURSE YOU THE ABILITY TO TWEAK THESE THINGS IS CONSIDERED A LIVING DOCUMENT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU, MORE GERMANE TO THIS AREA AND I HAVE CAPTURED IN THE PLAN AND THAT'S WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT APPOINTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAN HELP WAY TO SOME OF THE ISSUES, GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND MAKE THE STREETS GOING FORWARD. I WANT YOU TO TREAT THE BLUEPRINT AS THE FIRST STEP OF THE JOURNEY THAT YOU WILL THEN TWEAK ON YOUR OWN. JUST TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO JANUARY WE ASKED THE BOARD TO QUESTIONS WHETHER SUFFICIENT INTEREST TO DO THE REFERENDUM THE ANSWER WAS YES AND THEN WE ASKED YOU TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THE CONSERVATION VALUES WERE OF THE SEVEN TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU THEY WERE SURFACE WATER CONNECTIVITY, FORMS OF FORCE, HISTORIC RESOURCES, CLAY COUNTY, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, ACCESS TO REPARATION. THESE ARE THE SEVEN YOU FIND IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT WILL GIVE YOU $12 AND YOU VOTED AND THESE ARE THE THREE THAT YOU ALL PICKED AND YOU CAN SEE THEM HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW NEXT TO THE NUMBERS. AS DUTY MENTIONED GOING TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE THREE WORKSHOPS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN EACH AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOOLS FOR THEM. YOU CAN SEE IT GOT BETTER AND BETTER ATTENDED SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AM HAPPY TO SEE THOSE. THEN AS HE MENTIONED WE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE 20. , 45 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REALLY REPRESENTED YOUR COMMUNITY LET'S TRY TO GET MORE VOTES AND WE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY WE REPORTED THE PRESENTATION WE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY OF SEVEN CONSERVATION VALUES AND HAD FOLKS PICKED THREE OF THEIR TOP THREE. WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS A TOTAL OF THREE OF 34 VOTES AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FOLKS STACKED UP. YOU HAVE TO NORMALIZE THE RAW DATA AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS YOUR RANKINGS RIGHT ONE, TWO AND THREE BASED ON YOUR POST THE PUBLIC RANKINGS BASED ON 12 AND THREE AND THE AVERAGE DRINKING. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE FAR RIGHT IS SITTING HERE TONIGHT. HE IS PROUD LANDLORD AND CLAY COUNTY AND HIS DAUGHTER AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH DOCTOR JUST A MINUTE AND APPLICATION TO THE STATE TO RESERVE HIS PROPERTY. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHOTOGRAPH AT THE BOTTOM IT LOOKS LIKE THE CASE. THERE IS A STICK OR PIPE RUNNING THROUGH IT I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE BOTTOM OF YOUR WELL. SITTING THERE IN YOUR AQUIFER. THESE ATTACKERS WERE PART OF THE WATER JOURNEY AND THEY CAME ACROSS THIS TYPE THAT'S THE BOTTOM OF YOUR WELL THE TOP [02:50:02] PART IS-- THAT'S WHERE DRINKING WATER COMES FROM. YOU CAN SEE DRINKING WATER IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VOTED HIGHLY. SO WHERE ARE WE HEADED? I THINK WE CAN PUT IN THIS FOR CONSERVATION VALUES. AND TO CONSERVE AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT LANDS. THE PARTS IN YELLOW ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE YOU HAVE TO TAP INTO IS THE TAX. WORKING WITH THAT THIS IS THE LANGUAGE WE NEED TO FLESH OUT. THE REST OF THE BLUEPRINT IS THE MANUAL THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE TOOL THAT'S IN THE MANUAL AND THE TABLE OF CONTENTS YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE MANUAL BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IT IS A TRANSFERABLE PROCESS LOVING ADVISORY MANY THAT ACTUALLY WAY THROUGH EACH OF THE APPLICATIONS AND USE THE TOOLS THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS AS ALL THESE CRITERIA AND WAITING TO GIVE EACH PROPERTY A SCORE. THERE ARE SEVERAL STAGES FOR IT TO GO THROUGH CULMINATING IN A PRESENTATION TO YOU FOR STAFF WHICH IS CALLED THE PRIORITY POOL THESE ARE THE ONES THE COMMITTEE FEELS BEST MEETS THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM IS ARTICULATE BY YOU, ARTICULATE BY VOTERS. YOU THEN CREATE AN ACQUISITION LIST AND THAT'S A LIST THAT THE COUNTY STAFF WHO EVER YOU USE ACTUALLY NEGOTIATE THE CONSERVATION DEALS ON THOSE PROPERTIES. HOW YOU DECIDE TO SET UP THE PROGRAM LIKE IT'S A ROLLING PROGRAM LIKE WE DID AND ALACHUA WITH THIS APPLICATION YEAR-ROUND THE COMMITTEE MET MONTHLY YOU CAN ADD PROJECTS TO THE LIST WE COULD DO IT TWO TIMES A YEAR LIKE WE DID IN MIAMI-DADE WITH A SET SCHEDULE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND THE PEOPLE GET EVALUATED THEM. IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU AND THAT'S WHY I SAY THE PLAN MAKE IT WHAT YOU LIKE. WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP YOU DO THAT. NEXT STEPS, THIS PRESENTATION AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE INCLUDES OUR PLANNING COUNSEL FOR YOU ALL READY AND ABLE TO ASSIST YOU IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL HELP FROM US. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST IN US OUR GOAL IS TO HELP YOU I THINKCLAY COUNTY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR EFFORT. WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A SIP OF WATER AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. >> USUALLY I LEAVE THEM INTO A LOT OF QUESTIONS. IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS FOR YOU IN THE PLAN I ALLUDED TO THE NUMBER OF ACREAGE I WOULD CALL CONSERVATION DEFICIT IS ONLY ACRES YOU WANT TO GET THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE SO THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE CONSERVATION LANDS. WHATEVER FORGOT TO DO IS DEDUCT THE ANCHORAGE YOU ALREADY HAD. SO IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT LOOKS. SIVA HUNDRED 10,000 ACRES. SO I DID THAT AND I SAID THE CORRECT TO DUTY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD. >> AS YOU WERE DOING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THEN DID THE SURVEY WAS IT YOUR THOUGHT AND DID YOU READ INTO IT THAT IN ADDITION TO BEING INTERESTED THESE FOLKS UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN PAIN FOR THOSE CONSERVATION LANDS TO BE ACQUIRED IN HEALTH? >> MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER CELLA, HARDWOOD WE PRESENTED TO FOLKS IS THAT LANGUAGE HAVE TO PROVE FUNDING THE PAYMENTS. WE HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TYPICALLY DON'T FUND A LOT OF IT THEMSELVES. WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR IN ALACHUA THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT STORY IN A 99 OVER IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THERE. DO THE SAME THING IN ALACHUA BUT I WOULD EXPECT 020 IN THEIR BACKYARD WOULD BE THE ARMY COMPATIBLE USE PROGRAM IS A LOT OF WILLING PARTNERS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I GOT OUT OF THE BLUEPRINT TALKING TO YOUR PARTNERS SO FISH AND WILDLIFE DPN DISTRICTS THEY LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING YOU AS PART OF. PARTNER. HE WAS AT A PRICE, THEY HAVE A MISSION AND THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE ALL THE MONEY YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO HAVE TO GO TO THAT, ALSO. >> SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE WHATEVER WE HAVE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS? >> YES, CORRECT. >> OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER THINK SHE IS THE NEXT STEPS. [02:55:02] >> I DO. I HAVE JUST A VERY SHORT STAFF REPORT FOR THIS REPORT TONIGHT. THE BACK SIDE I GAVE YOU KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS WHICH HE ALSO JUST KIND OF COVERED. AND THEN I GAVE YOU A GENERALIST TIMEFRAME BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT PROCESS. THE PROGRAM. OUR NEXT STEPS PROBABLY WOULD BE IN THE SPRING STAFF WOULD BRING YOU PROBABLY A REFERENDUM, I THINK, TO CREATE THAT COMMITTEE THAT HE MENTIONS. THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR AN ONGOING COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PEOPLE WITH SOME ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND LONGER-TERM THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT EVALUATE THE PROPERTY AND GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS TO WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT. DOES THAT PROPERTY MEETS THE CRITERIA? DOES IT ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THESE PRIORITIES? THE ADVANTAGE OF CREATING THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CREATE A PROGRAM IS THEY CAN BRING THEIR EXPERTISE INTO CREATING THE CRITERIA MATRIX THAT WE WILL JUDGE THOSE PROPERTIES BY. AND HE HAD THAT FOR YOU ON THE PSCREEN BRIEFLY BUT THERE IS A LOT TO THAT. SO IF WE ASKED THE BOARD WE WERE THINKING TIME IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH TO CREATE SAID COMMITTEE AND THEN APPOINT IT AND STAFF CAN TAKE THE REST OF THE SUMMER, SPRING SUMMER, TIME TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO BUILDING THAT MATRIX AND ALSO SOME FEEDBACK ON THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF. WHAT STAFF WILL BE DOING IS IT'S CREATING WHAT WE HAVE NOW FROM HIM AND HIS TEAM THIS BLUEPRINT WE TWEAK IT A BIT AND PUT A CLAY STATE-FUNDED AND INCORPORATE THE MATRIX BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF IT. AND THEN BRINGING AN ORDINANCE SOMETIME IN JULY AUGUST TIME. AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD BRING THE ORDINANCE FOR THE REFERENDUM AND THE TIMING ON THAT IS IMPORTANT IN ITS BEST TO BRING IT TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ADOPT THE PROGRAM. THE FORCE A REFERENDUM WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THE ELECTION. THE PROGRAM WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN OVER THE FIRST OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERALL TIMEFRAME. GOING FORWARD TO THAT WHAT STAFF IS FOR WAS A LITTLE DIRECTION ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FIRST ONE WAS DIRECTION FOR THE STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATING AN ORDINANCE AND ALSO BRINGING BACK THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE COMMITTEE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THEIR WITH THE ADVICE OF OUR LEGAL TEAM WITHDRAWING THAT ONE FOR THIS TIME OF BEING THAT HAS TO DO WITH FEASIBILITY STUDY THERE IS STATE LAW THAT BASED ON ADVICE WE ARE GOING TO DROP THAT TOPIC FOR NOW. THE THIRD IS IT JUST ASK IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN CHANGING THE PROGRAM NAME AT THIS TIME. WE PICKED THE CLAY COUNTY CONSERVATION LANDS PROGRAM AS A PLACEHOLDER BECAUSE IT WAS DESCRIPTIVE. WE THOUGHT IF YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE PROGRAM THAT YOU COULD MODIFY THAT IF WE WERE SUGGESTING OF COURSE THE FARMS PRESERVATION PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DECISION NOW, THAT'S FINE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU MAKE A DECISION ABOUT EITHER KEEPING THAT NAME OR CHANGING IT WHEN WE BRING US BACK TO YOU IN A JULY BECAUSE AT THAT POINT WILL BE GOING FOR THE REFERENDUM IN THE CREATING THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE FOR THE PROGRAM ORDINANCE FOR THE PROGRAM, SO A IF WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE NAME, WE WOULD MONITOR IT AFTER THAT POINT, SO THAT'S JUST HOWEVER YOU FEEL, IF YOU WANT T WAIT AND WAIT IN FROM THE COMMITTEE, THAT IS FINE, JUST NEED A LITTLE DIRECTION. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, YOU ARE PULLING ITEM NUMBER TWO DUE TO [03:00:08] FEASIBILITY AND FUNDING OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY , SO WE STILL NEED TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY? >> IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU, YO DON'T HAVE TO, IT IS NOT REQUIRED. IF YOU FEEL YOU KNOW WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THES PARTICULAR PRIORITIES AND THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THIS TIMEFRAM WILL BE WELL RECEIVED BY THE VOTERS, THEN YOU COULD MAKE THA REFERENDUM LANGUAGE DECISION YOURSELVES. IT IS A FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY, REALLY. AND THEY GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND THA YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, YOU WANT TO GET TO AT LEAST 60% OF THE VOTERS APPROVING SOMETHING, SO THEY GIVE YOU THAT EXTRA PEACE OF MIND, I GUESS, REALLY. >> MY GUT REACTION ON THAT IS, WE JUST PAID FOR THIS, AND WE HAVE SO MUCH PUBLIC INPUT, THIS IS A GREAT TURNOUT AT ONE OF OU MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC, I THIN THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THIS MATTERS TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A BIG POLL WATCHER, IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING IN NATIONAL POLITICS, OVER THE PAS FEW ELECTIONS, IT IS THAT THEY ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF WHAT THE TURNOUT IS AND THAT TO ME IS AL THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD TEL US. BECAUSE THESE ARE NECESSARILY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO THE POLE. ON THA FIRST NOVEMBER IN 2024. SO I DON'T LEAN TOWARDS DOING THAT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITIES OF IT BUT I WASN'T BRIEFED ON THAT PART OF IT. I THINK I WOULD LEAN TOWARD THE NAME BEING WHAT THE PUBLIC TOLD US WAS IMPORTANT AND I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD PUT THIS ONE OU FOR A VOTE. WE'VE HAD MIXED REACTION ON PUTTING THINGS OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO VOTE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED THEY GAVE US THE FEEDBACK, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS FOREST AND FARMLAND MOSTLY, PRESERVATION, BUT I THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE OKAY WITH CLAY COUNTY LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM. IT'S MORE BROAD OR GENERIC, BUT IT ALL MEANS THE SAME THING. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD US THEY WAN TO PRESERVE AS MUCH AS OUR RURA FIELDS AS POSSIBLE. THOSE ARE M THOUGHTS. >> I AGREE, I LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS FOR US, I THINK IT SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE IN CLAY COUNTY, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, NUMBER ONE WAS ENFORCED, SO IT DOES SUM IT UP, PEOPLE WERE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THERE WAS CONCERTED LAND AND I THINK THAT IS PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT. AND I AGREE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, THE FEASIBILITY STUD WOULD BE A POLL AS TO WHETHER O NOT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SAY LANCE AND I THINK THEY ARE, IT IS JUST A QUESTION OF WILL THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR IT? THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, DURING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY INDICATED THAT IS THE CASE. SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE WILLING TO USE THE CLAY COUNTY FOREST AND FARMS PRESERVATIONIS AS THE TITLE, JUST A COUPLE OF MY THOUGHTS. >> DO WE NEED TO VOTE IF WE WAN TO CHANGE THE NAME? >> YOU DON'T, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF, DO YOU HAVE CONSENSUS, THAT IS ALL STAFF REALLY NEEDS. LIKE, THE IDEA OF CHANGING THE NAME. >> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. >> OKAY. >> THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING T TAKE A POINT OF, JUST ASK, SINC WE HAVE SO MUCH TURNOUT HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW OTHER ITEMS BEFORE WE GET TO THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO IS HERE TONIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WHO HAD QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FOR YOUR TIME? YOU DON'T HAVE TO, I JUST WANTED TO OPEN THAT UP TO ANYBODY WHO IS HERE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION REGARDING HOW SOMETIME [03:05:01] WHEN PUTTING UP COMMUNITIES THA ARE ON WETLANDS, DEVELOPERS AND THE BOARD WILL MAKE A DEAL TO SWAP OUT ONE SET OF WETLANDS AN CREATE ANOTHER ONE, COULD WE PU A STOP TO THAT? CAN WE ENSHRINE THAT IN SOME RIGID LAW THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN? AND THAT I WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CLARIFIED TONIGHT, IF SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I'M WRITIN NOTES, SORRY, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I'M NOT SURE WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT TONIGHT BUT THAT IS A VALID QUESTION. COME ON UP. >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME, JUST A QUICK QUESTIO AND I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW I CAN D MORE RESEARCH TO PROBABLY FIND THE ANSWERS BUT IF THE LAND WER TO BE CONVERTED OVER TO CONSERVATION, IF IT WERE FOR TIMBER FARMING OR ANY OTHER AGRICULTURAL USE AT THE TIME, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CONSERVATION DOESN'T ALLOW THE SAME TYPE OF PRODUCTION THAT AN AGRICULTURAL STATUS DOES COME U SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, JUST AN ANSWER, OR QUESTION TO BE PUT OUT THERE, MAYBE AN ANSWER WILL COME, IF THE LAND DOES GO INTO CONSERVATION, IF I COULD ALSO STAY IN PRODUCTION. OUR TOGGLE BETWEEN, IT MIGHT B A TIMBER FARM NOW AND IT MAY GO INTO CONSERVATION LATER, COULD IT RE-ENTER INTO BEING A TIMBER FARM OR DOES IT JUST STAY UNUSABLE GREEN SPACE GOING FORWARD AT THE COUNTY, JUST A QUESTION. >> AND CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME? >> MICHAEL, 5895 INDIAN TRAIL. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. >> YES, THANK YOU, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, WE GET THAT A LOT NO MATTER WHERE I HAVE WORKED, THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU BUY THE PROPERTY. IF YOU ARE BUYING THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WHICH IS THE COUNTY CAN HOLD AND REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, THAT PATTER CAN CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE, S FOR EXAMPLE, IF PROPERTY OWNER HAS CIVIL CULTURE ON THE PROPERTY AND WANTS TO PASS IT O TO HIS FAMILY, ALSO WANTS TO HUNT IT AND LEASE OUT HUNTING RIGHTS, ALL OF THOSE STAY IN HI BUNDLE AND THEY CONTINUE TO HAV THAT PATTERN IN THE FUTURE. THE COUNTY WOULD THEN PAY FOR OR COMPENSATE THE LANDOWNER FOR TH LOSS OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, THE SUBDIVISION RIGHTS, SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU IDENTIFY THOSE USES THAT MIGHT DAMAGE THE PROPERTY, AND NEGOTIATE THOSE AWAY FROM THE BUNDLE AND COMPENSATE THE LANDOWNER. IT STAYS IN THE FAMILY, THEY CAN PASS IT ON TO THEIR HEIRS AND SELL IT TO THE NEXT LANDOWNER I THE PATTERN CAN CONTINUE. YOU CAN NEGOTIATE INTENSIFICATION O THE RIGHTS, YOU CAN CHANGE CROPS, YOU CAN CHANGE HUNTING LEASE NUMBERS, YOU CAN CHANGE THE DENSITY OF PLANS, SO THERE' A LOT OF RIGHTS THAT ARE CONTINUING. IF THE PROPERTY BUY IT IN FEE, WITH THE COUNTY STAFF WILL DO IS COME TO YOU WITH A MANAGEMENT PLAN SAYING HERE'S THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, HERE IS THE COST AND THE TIMELINE OF WHAT WE CAN RESTORE IT TO, THAT IS PROHIBITIVE OF THIS. LET'S CONTINUE THE CURRENT PATTERN OF CIVIL CULTURE, RANCHING, WHATEVER IT IS, AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN FEASIBLY RESTORE IT IN PHASES. THAT PLAN WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD ADOPT FOR THE PROPERTY, SOMETHING YOU WOULD UPDATE EVER 10 YEARS. SO THE ANSWER IS, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT IS AN EASEMENT OR FEE. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FAMILIES DESIRED CONDITION FOR THE PROPERTY IS. >> OKAY, GREAT. DOES THAT ANSWE YOUR QUESTION, MICHAEL? OKAY, THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU , AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP. ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM NUMBE 27? >> I THINK I DO HAVE MY ANSWER AS FAR AS THOSE TWO ITEMS. THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SETTING UP TH PROGRAM. AND THEN WE WILL ALTER THE NAME. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU AS FAR AS DETERMINING THE REFERENDUM LANGUAGE, IF YOU FEE [03:10:01] CONFIDENT WITH THAT, I WILL NEE TO KNOW AT SOME POINT , WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE PRIORITIES BUT, THE YEARS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND INCREMENTAL AMOUNT ON THAT PART STAFF WILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT YO WANT THE LANGUAGE TO ACTUALLY B AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I CAN BRING YOU A SHORT SURVEY OF THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE BALLOT LAST YEAR, THEY TEND TO RUN MOSTLY 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS, THEY RUN FROM 30 MILLION TO 75 MILLION THAT THEY AVERAGE OUT ABOUT $29.60 UP TO $47 FOR HOMEOWNER PER YEAR. IT'S THE COST ON A YEARLY BASIS, THAT IS A WONDERFUL VALUE. FOR THAT INVESTMENT. >> WERE ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS PART OF THE ONLINE SURVEY FOR THE LAND TRUST? >> NO, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS YOU WENT THROUGH. >> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY HAD ANY EXTRA QUESTIONS ON THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE CAN'T ASK LEGALLY. >> WELL, HE HAS EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THA WE CERTAINLY CAN TAKE UNDER ADVISEMENT. I WOULD SUGGEST THA MAYBE WE GET FROM BUDGET SORT OF A COMPARISON LOOK AT WHAT THAT DOES IN TERMS OF THE DOLLA AMOUNTS, WHATEVER IT IS, AND WHAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE IN TERM OF THE INCREASE AND MAYBE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF REFERENDUM LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE. H HAS GOT SOME IN HERE, BUT MAYBE THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE BETTER. I DON'T KNOW. >> YOU ARE GOOD WITH THAT? >> YES, WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOME OFFERINGS . >> THIS WOULD BE SET UP AS MSTU . >> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY A LITTLE BIT IN PREPARATION FOR THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IF IT IS A MILLAGE NOT ONLY PROVIDES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T BOND 100%, SO THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE FOR MAINTENANCE OR MANAGEMENT OF TH PROPERTIES. BUT WE CAN COME BAC WITH SOME DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, IF YOU DID THIS AT THE CURRENT RATE, THIS IS WHAT A BOND WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THIS IS HOW MUCH YOU WOULD GENERATE. >> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I COULDN'T SEE HIS FACE. I'M SORRY. >> I WAS JUST CURIOUS. >> I THINK THE AWARENESS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE THESE PROPERTIES, I APPLAUD YOU FOR. BECAUSE ONCE YOU OWN THEM, YOU WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YO DID A GOOD JOB WITH TAXPAYERS DOLLARS SO YOU DON'T WANT FOLKS CALLING AND THEN SCARE PEOPLE. THERE IS A REAL COST. THERE'S A LOT OF GOVERNMENTS THAT WOULD DOWNPLAY THAT AND TRY TO GET TO THE WIN WHICH IS PROPERTY FRAUD YOU NEVER BUY A HOUSE BIGGER THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO MANAGE. SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW WE DID A INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX, SO THERE'S OTHER AVENUES, BUT BASE ON THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THOSE SOURCES, THEY WERE SPOKEN FOR. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU CAN MOV FORWARD. THANK YOU. [28.  Regional Sports Complex Road Name (D. Hane/L.Christmas)] >> ONTO THE NEW BUSINESS, REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX ROAD NAME. [03:15:06] HANE , COUNTY DIRECTOR, IN THE SURVEY WE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON THE NAMING OF THE ENTRY ROAD TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX, JUST AS FRAME OF REFERENCE, THERE IS A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS THAT WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH WITH THE GUN RANGE ROAD ENTRY NAME. SO, HOW IT WAS BUILT, HOW IT WAS PU OUT TO THE PUBLIC, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THERE WAS TEEN WHO PULLED TOGETHER SOME OPTIONS FOR ROAD NAMES THAT WER AVAILABLE IN THE 911 DATABASE. WE MADE THOSE OPTIONS IN A SURVEY. WE PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC BY THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THE SURVEY BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, THE SURVEY CLOSED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30. WE DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE SURVEY AS WE DID WITH THE GUN RANGE ROAD SURVEY, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 500 SURVEY VOTES FOR THIS ONE, WHEREAS THE GUN RANGE ROAD HAD LITTLE OVER 3700 ENGAGEMENTS. THERE IS SPECULATION BUT IT IS JUST SPECULATION, SOME OF THE SPECULATION WAS ABOUT HOW DEDICATED THOSE INDIVIDUALS WER FOR THE NOMINEES TO THE GUN RANGE ROAD. SO, SPECULATION AND OBSERVATION THAT DROVE ENGAGEMENT. IN THIS CASE, THERE WERE GENERIC NAMES, VICTORY, TROPHY, SPORTSMANSHIP, THINGS LIKE THAT. IN ANY CASE, OUR SURVEY CLOSED. WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES OF 492. VICTORY WAS CHOSEN AS THE HIGHEST VOTE AT 185. THE SECOND-LARGEST VOTE WAS AT A COLLECTION OF OTHER OPTIONS, 114 OTHER OPTIONS WERE CHOSEN. THE NEXT LARGEST THE RECIPIENT WAS THE TERM SPORTSMANSHIP WITH ABOUT 90. TH NEXT ONE DOWN WAS CHAMPIONSHIP, AND 42. THERE'S TWO MORE. TOURNAMENT WAS RECEIVED WITH 25 VOTES AND THE LOWEST PLACING VOTE WAS THE NAME TROPHY WITH 11. >> NO TROPHY FOR YOU. THAT IS FOR SURE. >> EVERYBODY GETS A TROPHY. >> IN THIS CASE, YESTERDAY WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE ROAD NAME VICTORY WAS PICKED UP ON GOOGLE MAPS AT SOME STAGE. SO, WE HAD TO REACT IN PART OF THAT REACTION INCLUDED GOING THROUGH OUR AUTHORIZED 911 DATABASE FOR ROAD NAMES, WHICH THE TERM VICTORY LANE THAT IS OUT NOW I THE STREET IS NOT AUTHORIZED IN OUR DATABASE. WE DID MAKE A TRI OUT THERE, WE DID TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR RESPECTFULLY TODAY IS A TWO-WEE CONTINUACE TO CLEAR THAT UP WITH THE OCCUPANTS ON THAT ROAD THERE ARE FOUR ADDRESSES ON THE ROAD, NONE OF THEM INCLUDE THE TERM VICTORY LANE, AND THERE WERE TWO CHURCHES, A CREMATORIU AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PASTORAL TRAILER. SO WE WOULD LIKE TWO WEEKS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THOSE OCCUPANTS AND SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS. IF THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT ROAD SIGN. IT'S NOT CLEAR TO US YET IN THE INVESTIGATION OF WHETHER THE SIGN IS IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY YET. THAT IS A SHORT REACTION TIME BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION FOR YOU TODAY AS WE CAN AND AGAIN, THAT IS WH WE ARE ASKING FOR A TWO-WEEK CONTINUANCE. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I WILL MOVE TO CONTINUE. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [31.  Letter of Support for Mercy Services] NONE OPPOSED. THANK YOU. WE WIL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 31. LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM MERCY SERVICES, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN YOU BACKUP, THIS WAS CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS. >> YES, AND I THOUGHT THE FOLKS AT MERCY WORKED WITH THE STAFF [03:20:02] TO COME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE LETTER AND I APPRECIATE IN TRYING TO NARROW THE SCOPE OF OUR SUPPORT TO A SPECIFIC EFFOR IN TERMS OF THEM TRYING TO RAIS FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT, SO I THINK IT IS A MUCH BETTER LETTE THAN WHERE WE LEFT IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN TERMS OF JUST LEAVING IT WIDE OPEN. ANY ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS, OTHERWISE, I THINK THE LETTER I GOOD AS IS. >> OKAY, COMMISSIONER RENNINGER YOU HAD CONCERNS LAST TIME. >> THEY HAVE COVERED A LOT OF BASES AND I'M GOOD WITH THE LETTER. >> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> NO, LOOKS GOOD. IT ADDRESSES EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT MEETS YOUR NEEDS QUEST OR MARK OKAY. WE DO HAVE TIME TO TAKE ACTION, SO WE NEED A VOTE >> >> SECOND AND MOTION. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY [33.  Letter to Double Branch Community Development District re: transfer of Parcel ID 05-04-25-007868-021-26] SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OUR THIRD LETTER FOR ACTION IS LETTER TO DOUBLE RANCH COMMUNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF PARCEL. >> THIS IS IN FOLLOW-UP TO PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND A REQUEST TO BASICALLY PREPARE A REQUEST TO THE CDD IN CONNECTIO WITH THE TRANSFER OF THE ADJOINING PARCEL TO THE LAND THAT THE COUNTY ALREADY OWNS IN HOPES THAT COMBINING BOTH PARCELS WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONA LAND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LIBRARY. >> COMMISSIONER COMPERE, DO YO WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? >> NO, I WANT TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO COURTNEY AND HER TEAM BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW BEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ON THE BOARD FLOOR ABOUT THE LIBRARY. I THINK ONE THING THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED TONIGHT IS THAT AS OFTEN AS INDIVIDUALLY WE TALKED TO STAFF, IT DOESN'T, UNLESS WE BRING IT ON THE BOARD FLOOR, YO ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT. SO, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS MEETING THE NEEDS OF TH OAKLEAF COMMUNITY FOR THIS LIBRARY THAT THEY WERE PROMISE 20 YEARS AGO, AND OF COURSE MOS OF US KNOW THAT BACK IN 2008, THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN PUT A PIN IN A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS. FORME COMMISSIONER, DOUG IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, HE WAS IN THIS SEA FOR DISTRICT TWO, SO I KNOW THI IS A PROJECT THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO HIM BECAUSE HE WAS AROUND WHEN THE CONVEYANCE TOOK PLACE. SO, OAKLEAF HAS BEEN VER ADAMANT ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING, AND I LOVE THAT OUR COUNTY IS GETTING INNOVATIVE ABOUT HOW TO MEET THIS NEED, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE A LIBRARY, THANKFULLY WE ARE WORK SHOPPING SOMETHING THAT IS SOUNDING MORE LIKE A GOVERNMENT CENTER, SOMETHING WE CAN DO THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS. I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR ISN'T HERE, BUT HE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MEETING THE NEED OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY ELECTION SET UP. THANKFULLY THI IS MULTIFACETED AND WE ARE MOVING IN A DIRECTION TO MEET THE NEED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE TIME AT THIS POINT TO UNDERSCORE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED -- ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO PUT A PIN IN IT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS UNDER THE COUNTY MANAGER'S COMMENTS. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS LETTER, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET A PARCEL THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEED. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CELLA ? >> I READ THE LETTER, BUT IT IS A PARCEL THEY ARE GOING TO DEDICATE TO US WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT IS USED FOR THIS GOVERNMENT CENTER/LIBRARY? [03:25:02] HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> WHAT I ANTICIPATE IS THAT IN RESPONSE TO OUR LETTER, THEY WILL RESPONDBACK WITH CERTAIN STIPULATIONS SUCH AS THAT IT HA TO BE USED AS A COMMUNITY TYPE, THEY DON'T WANT THE COUNTY TO PUT LIKE A RECYCLING CENTER THERE. THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME SAY IN WHAT WILL GO THERE, AND WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL ALSO REQUIRE AS A PART OF IT, THE PARKING THAT GOES AROUND IT SO, THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH THEM BUT THIS WAS JUST TO GET IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHERS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, FOR THIS LETTER IT'LL BE SIGNED BY COURTNEY, TH COUNTY ATTORNEY AND PRESENTED T DOUBLE RANCH COMMUNITY DISTRICT >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [34.  Bid Opening Tabulation (K. Smith)] ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES . WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BID OPENING TABULATIONS. ACTUALLY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE IN M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ONE IS STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION, WE ARE STILL UNDER THE CODE OF SILENCE SO I GUESS COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS THAT WITH ANYONE EXCEPT FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER, COUNTY ATTORNEY AND KAREN, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. MOVING FORWARD. TO OU [PUBLIC COMMENTS] SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. >> RICH CLEMSON, IN MIDDLEBURG I'M ALWAYS WRITING THESE ESSAYS AND I WIND UP WINNING IT AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING THI TIME AROUND. RIGHT NOW, I WANTE TO ASK FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK INTO NOT ONLY CONTINUING THE MORATORIUM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR TWO YEARS, BUT TO STRENGTHEN IT AND EXPAND ON IT. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE UNDER CONTINUOUS ATTACK BY DEVELOPERS PUTTING UP THESE HUG COMMUNITIES ANOTHER THING TO LOOK INTO WOULD BE NO MORE THA 500, 600 HOUSE DEVELOPMENTS ON TWO LANE ROADS WITH ONE ACCESS. THAT IS JUST NOTHING BUT A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. TWO MONTHS AGO, IN HAWAII, LAHAINA, THEY HAD DEVASTATING WILDFIRES AND IT WAS ONE BAD DECISION AFTER ANOTHER THAT LED TO THE PEOPLE LOSING EVERYTHING. THEY LOST THEIR HOMES, THEIR POSSESSIONS, THEIR MEMORIES, AN IN SOME CASES, FAMILY MEMBERS, PETS, EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU SAW THE PICTURES OF LAHAINA AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. JUST NOTHING. THEY WERE INTERVIEWED, SOME OF THEM WERE INTERVIEWED BY REPORTERS AND ASKED THEM, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF, AND THE ONLY ANSWER THEY GAVE WAS DEVELOPERS. THIS IS THE BREED, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BE WAITING OUTSIDE AND DURING THE WORST OF IT, TRYING TO SNATCH U THEIR PROPERTIES AT FIRE SALE PRICES. NO PUN INTENDED THIS TIME. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE UNDER ASSAULT FROM ALL OF THESE OUT-OF-CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER, LEFT TO ITS OWN DEVICES THIS HAS TO BE SLOWED DOWN. AND I HAVE ASKED YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? HOW MANY PEOPLE IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH? HOW MANY ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC JAMS, AND I NEVER GET A ANSWER BUT THE QUESTION IS OUT THERE. THE WORST THING RIGHT NO IS A NEW DEVELOPMET IN THIS, BANKERS AND INVESTORS COMING IN AND BUYING UP THE LAND AND HAVING FULL DEVELOPMENT SOLELY FOR RENT. THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR PERMANENT PEOPLE HERE, THEY JUST WANT TO GET AS MUCH RENT A US, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND LEAVE THE REST OF US TO OUR OWN DEVICES. SO, DEVELOPERS, THAT I [03:30:05] THEIR BREED. WE ARE FOREWARNED I JUST HOPE WE ARE FOREARMED. >> THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL GO TO THE COMMISSION [COUNTY ATTORNEY] AUDITOR. COUNTY ATTORNEY? >> NOTHING FURTHER EXCEPT FOR I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE CASE MATTER A LOT, AN IT HAS REALLY RAMPED UP IN THE SENSE THAT A LOT OF COUNTIES AN A LOT MORE TAX COLLECTORS WERE ALL INVOLVED IN LITIGATION AND IN PARTICULAR A RECENT MOTION WAS FILED IN LEON COUNTY TRYING TO INVALIDATE THE FINAL PACE I TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A VERY ACTIVE MATTER RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR LIST O PRIORITIES. >> IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC [COUNTY MANAGER] BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. COUNTY MANAGER? >> THERE HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING ISSUE WITH REGARD TO POSTAL SERVICE, Z.I.P. CODE AND THE NAMING OF CLAY HILL AND ANYBODY WHO WAS THERE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PUT DOWN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING ISSUE WITHIN THE POSTAL SERVICE. OTHE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES HAVE AN ABILITY TO NAME PARTICULAR AREA, AND THE WAY TH NAMING PROCESS HAPPENS, I'M GOING TO GET INTO IN A SECOND, IN ORDER TO PUT THE PROPER LOCATION OF YOUR ADDRESS DOWN. AND OBVIOUSLY, FUNDS ARE LIMITE WITH REGARDS TO POSTAL SERVICE, THE POSTMASTER CAN ONLY PUT SO MANY POSTAGE STATIONS, MAIL SERVICE STATIONS OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT COVERS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF A PARTICULAR COUNTY OR A MUNICIPALITY. PARTICULARLY THEY ARE WITHIN A CITY AS AN EXAMPLE LIKE CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA, A POPULAR AREA TO GO TO TO MAIL YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US THERE'S TW AREAS OF THE COUNTY, ONE IS LONG-STANDING, THE CLAY HILL AREA. I AM THE SECOND, WHICH IF YOU HAVE LIVED THERE, YOU REALIZE YOU WOULD CALL YOURSEL PARK, FLORIDA FOR YOUR ADDRESS. THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE, BRIAN CAMPBELL IS HERE, THAT IS WHY H HAS BEEN HERE TO ASSIST US. WE THOUGHT WE WERE MAKING GREAT STRIDES WITH THIS, WE JUST STARTED OFF WITH CLAY HILL AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE EASY. AND WE HAVE THE BUREAUCRATIC HOOPS TO GO THROUGH, SO TO SPEAK. SO, WE DO HAVE A WAY AHEAD, WHICH IS ONE ASPECT WE HAVE NEVER HAD WITH REGARDS TO CLAY HELP ON HOW TO FIX IT. SO I ASKED TROY TO PASS THESE OUT AND I THINK YOU ALL RECEIVED THESE, IT IS IN THE MIDDLE REFERENCE CALLED THE UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. IT'S KIND OF GAZETTE, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN NAM A SPECIFIC AREA IN THE UNITED STATES AND THIS IS THE PROCESS. I'M COMING BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY, WHAT WAS REVEALED TO BRIAN WAS FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE, THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THIS AND IDENTIFY CLAY HILL AS A SPECIFIC AREA. IF YOU ALL TAK A LOOK. I WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE IT BECAUSE IT IS TYPICAL BUREAUCRACY AT ITS BEST ON WHAT THE NAME IS, IS THIS A CHANGE TO THE EXISTING NAME, IS THERE CURRENT LOCAL USE, WHAT IS THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, THE DESCRIPTION, PLEASE PROVIDE RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED NAME. I MEAN, IT GOES ON AND ON. I'M COMING TO THE BOARD TO ASK PERMISSION TO FILE THIS WITH THE HELP OF BRIAN, TO FILE FOR CLAY HILL. THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET US TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO CALL THEMSELVES CLAY HILL, FLORIDA, AS AN EXAMPLE. THAT IS MY FIRST REQUEST. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I'M MISSING, BRIAN CAN STAND UP. SO, WITH THAT, THE SECOND STEP WOULD BE THAT ONCE [03:35:05] WE GET THE AREA IDENTIFIED, GIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAP IT OUT WITH THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE AN EVERYTHING. THEN IT COMES TO AN ALIAS, OR TO A NAME. ONCE WE PU A STAKE IN THE SAND, WE SAY CLA HILL IS IT, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY SIMILAR. I DON'T THINK I NECESSARILY, IF IT MATCHES % SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, THAT IS NOT THE BIG ISSUE. THE LOCAL REGION IS THE ISSUE AND THEY WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FROM THE GAZETTE STANDPOIN AND GEOGRAPHIC NAME. THAT IS MY FIRST REQUEST. THE SECOND REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT I WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE ALIAS NAME AND GET APPROVAL FOR THAT. THE SECOND REQUEST IS FOR OAK LEAF. OAK LEAF PLANTATION IS ALREADY IN THE GAZETTE. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, IT'S ALREADY THERE FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU STANDPOINT AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE THE NAMING AND MAKE IT AN ALIAS FOR THAT Z.I.P. CODE. AND THE ONE THEY'VE BEEN USING FOR ORANGE PARK IS AN EXAMPLE. SO, THE Z.I.P. CODES I BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS WILL NOT CHANGE, MIGHT IS 32003, AS AN EXAMPLE. IF YOU LIVED IN CLA HILL, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE Z.I.P. CODE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE ONE FOR JACKSONVILLE, 32065. SO IN THAT CASE, IF YOU HAVE 32065, IT STAYS THE SAME. FOR THE ORANGE PARK, THE OAKLEA ONE, -- >> I WOULD PREFER WE NOT DO THI AND TELL PEOPLE IT IS GOING TO CHANGE. I'M REALLY ANGRY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IN JULY THAT THE LAST TIME ANYBODY TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS, I WAS TOLD IN JULY IT WAS FIXED. THIS IS THE TELEPHONE, IT RINGS. SO YES, PLEASE, WE ARE ON OUR FOURTH CONGRESSMAN THAT THESE PEOPLE IN CLAY HILL HAVE BEEN ASKING THIS FOR. THAT Z.I.P. CODE ALSO DOES BALDWIN AND MAXWELL, IT ALSO HAS JACKSONVILLE, SO WE CAN'T JUST SAY IF THIS IS YOUR Z.I.P. CODE IT WILL CHANGE TO CLAY HILL. THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC. SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY LIVE IN CLAY HILL AND THEY HAVE A MIDDLEBURG ADDRESS. SO PLEASE, WE NEED TO JUST APPLY FOR IT, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND GET MOVING ON IT I WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD THIS. FOR ANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS THINK I HAVEN'T KEPT THE PUBLIC INFORMED, I HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROCESS. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BALL WAS DROPPED. OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN OTHER COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER PEOPLE BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT. PLEASE, I WOULD AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CAN WE PLEASE APPLY FOR THIS TO BE CHANGED? >> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUNTERPOINT, IF YOU CHANGE MY Z.I.P. CODE, IF YOU CHANGE MY ADDRESS, I HAVE 100 DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS I NEED TO CHANGE. >> WE MET WITH THE CONGRESSMAN, WE HAD ABOUT 20 RESIDENTS IN TH COLD WEATHER BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS DRESSED IN SWEATERS IN CLAY HILL AT THE STORE, AND THEY HAV BEEN ASKING FOR THIS, THIS IS THE FOURTH CONGRESSMAN THEY HAV ASKED FOR THIS. AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET DONE, BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS, DO YOU KNOW, I HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO G TO VOTE IN CLAY COUNTY WHO HAVE VOTED IN EVERY ELECTION FOR THE PAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS AND OUR ELECTIONS WORKERS LOOK AT THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE AND SAY, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA YOU CANNO VOTE HERE. YOU HAVE TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE. THEY SAY NO, I LIVE IN CLAY COUNTY, THAT IS WH THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR IT AND THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEIR OWN POST OFFICE AND WE UNDERSTAND THE POSTAL SERVIC IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BUT THEY DO WANT TO HAVE CLAY HILL DESIGNATED AS AN ACTUAL CLAY HILL, FLORIDA COMMUNITY UNAPPROPRIATED. BUT YES, THERE ARE COSTS AND THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WHAT WE WERE TOLD IN JULY IS THEY COULD USE EITHER. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M SORRY, I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE, THERE WE GO, FIRST AND FOREMOST COMMISSIONER CONDON, THE REASON YOU ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE OF ME. I WAS THE ONE WH TOLD YOU WE HAD YES AND ONE WEEK AGO FRIDAY WE WERE TOLD, ACTUALLY WE ARE JUST KIDDING, NO. I DID IMMEDIATELY GET THAT [03:40:01] INFORMATION TO HOWARD AT THAT POINT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU HAD A MEETING COMING UP SO IT COULD B DISCUSSED TONIGHT. IN TERMS OF NOT ADDRESSING YOU PERSONALLY, THAT IS ME, NO ONE ELSE. MY APOLOGIES ON THAT. THE ANSWER THAT WE GOT WAS FAIRLY INSUFFICIENT IN THAT WE TOLD YO WE COULD DO IT BEFORE AND WE CAN'T, HERE'S THE REASONS WHY. THEY DID GIVE US A ROAD MAP WHICH WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THIS INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY, SPECIFICALLY GETTING THI INFORMATION AND HAVING IT ON TH LIST, ERASES ALL BUT ONE OF THEIR CRITERIA. THEY DO HAVE A CRITERIA THAT THEY CLAIM THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ELECTED VOTING BODY IN THE AREA, BUT AS WE KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOU BALDWIN, MAXWELL ALSO IN THAT AREA CODE, THEY DO NOT HAVE THAT. SO WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR OFFICE THAT WHEN WE MEET THIS CRITERIA ON BEING ON THE PLACE OF NAMES LIST, THAT WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER OBSTACLES TO GETTING APPROVED. THAT IS THE REASON, I BELIEVE WHY THE COUNTY MANAGER IS BRINGING THIS TO YOU TODAY, O GET THAT APPROVED SO THE PROCES CAN BE DONE. I WANT TO ADDRESS TWO OTHER THINGS REALLY QUICKLY ONE IS COMMISSIONER RENNINGER'S , I'M SORRY, MAY I ADDRESS TWO OTHER THINGS? THANK YOU. SO, COMMISSIONER RENNINGER'S QUESTION ABOUT CHANGING ADDRESSES. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING ANYBODY'S ADDRESS. AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY MANAGER USED THE TERM ALIAS, THE TECHNICAL TERM IS CALLED AN ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL NAME LAST LINE. SO CURRENTLY, I YOU ARE IN 32234, ANYWHERE IN 32234, YOU CAN PUT BALDWIN, FLORIDA OR YOU CAN PUT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AND IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT I BELIEVE, FLEMING ISLAND, FLEMIN ISLE, OR ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA. SO THERE'S NO CHANGING OF ANYTHING, EXCEPT THAT COMMISSIONER CONDON'S CONSTITUENTS WHO GO TO VOTE AN ARE TOLD THIS IS JACKSONVILLE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER COUNT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE CLAY HILL ON THEIR ADDRESS AND DO THAT. THE THIRD AND FINAL POINT I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT OAKLEAF PLANTATION HAS NOT BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR 20+ YEARS, AS CLAY HILL HAS. BUT, THEY DO HAVE THE NAME DESIGNATION. WE CAN ON ANY LOCATION, WHETHER IT IS CLAY HILL, ONCE YOU GET THE NAME DESIGNATION, WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING TO ASK FOR YOU. SO WHETHER IT IS OAKLEAF PLANTATIO TODAY, WHETHER IT IS CLAY HILL AS SOON AS THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETE, OR ANY OTHER AREA IN THE COUNTY, WE HAVE THE PATHWAY AND WE WANT TO GET THAT DONE FO YOU. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN BEFORE THE CONGRESS PEOPLE, THIS IS TH LAST ONE AND WE ARE GOING TO GE IT DONE. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE OTHER USP OF NEWS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. >> THE LAST ISSUE, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE WAS THE UNFORTUNAT INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH THE MAIL CARRIER OUT OF MELROSE. THAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER. OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A TRAGEDY IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONGRESSMAN HAS MADE A BILL TO HAVE THE MELROSE POST OFFICE WHICH TECHNICALLY IS IN PUTNAM COUNTY BUT MELROSE COVERS THE THREE COUNTY AREA THERE, TO BE NAMED AFTER PAMELA ROCK WHO WAS THE MAIL CARRIER THAT HAS PASSE OUT OF COMMITTEE AND WILL LIKEL GO TO THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN COMMENTS ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS OR NOT, BUT I'M ASSUMING EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD. THAT WILL BE ON THE FLOOR WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH WE WILL GET INFORMATION TO YOU REGARDING THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS, IN TERMS OF OFFICIA NAMING AND ANY OTHER EVENT. BUT JUST BECAUSE THAT DOES TOUCH THIS COMMUNITY, I WANTED TO MAK SURE YOU WERE MADE AWARE OF THA AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION [03:45:05] THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THESE? >> ON BOTH OF THOSE. >> I MOVE, MADAM CHAIR, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS OF THESE ALIASES, THE NAME CHANGES FOR SPECIFICALLY CLAY HILL AND FOR THE OAKLEAF AREA. >> OKAY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION >> IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER RENNINGER, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THERE BEING A CONCERN AND WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY CONFUSION ABOUT THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS, SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALSO THAT THE REASON WHY THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WAS BECAUSE SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT 2, THERE I A LARGE PORTION OF MY COMMUNITY THAT IDENTIFIES WITH ORANGE PARK, AND THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS, AND THERE'S THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY, THE OAKLEAF AREA THAT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF NEEDS AND THEY WANTED THAT DELINEATION. SO, FROM THEIR VANTAGE POINT, I THINK THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH CHANGING FROM ORANGE PARK TO OAKLEAF, BUT IT IS BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT -- WELL, LET ME WALK THIS BACK. ANYWAY, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THEY ARE ASKING FOR. IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY SIMPLE ASK BECAUSE IT IS ALIAS, THIS ISN'T GOING TO MAKE TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, ONLY SO THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ORANGE PAR OR OAKLEAF IN MY DISTRICT, THAT I'M SPEAKING TO A SPECIFIC PART OF MY DISTRICT. THAT IS ALL THA BOILED DOWN TO. >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION SO TODAY, THEY HAVE ORANGE PARK ADDRESSES. AND TOMORROW WITH APPROVAL, THEY ARE GOING TO HAV OAKLEAF AREA >> OAKLEAF PLANTATION IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. >> AND EITHER OR WILL WORK FOR THEM? >> BECAUSE THE Z.I.P. CODE WILL CHANGE. THEY WILL DECIDE WHICH THEY WANT TO USE. >> THE Z.I.P. CODE WOULD IDENTIFY AS THE POST OFFICE HANDLES THE MAIL. >> THEY WILL HAVE THE OPTION, JUST LIKE FLEMING ISLAND HAS TH OPTION OF FLEMING ISLAND OR ORANGE PARK. >> WE HEARD FROM THOSE FOLKS WHEN WE HAD TO DO REDISTRICTING >> SO YOU KNOW. >> ONE QUESTION, SO THE CHANGE WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THIS AREA, SO WE CAN GIVE IT AN ALIA IS GOING TO BE OAKLEAF PLANTATION FOR EVERYBODY BECAUS NOT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THA AREA LISTEN OAKLEAF PLANTATION, OR IS IT JUST GOING TO COVER OAKLEAF PLANTATION? >> OAKLEAF IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED. AND THE CLAY HILL AREA IS THE PART WHERE WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH IT THROUGH THE GAZETTE. AND I'M SORRY I WAS CONFUSING ON THIS. CLAY HILL WA LUMPED IN WITH MILBERG, IT HAS TO BE BASICALLY BROKEN OUT FROM THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET FROM THIS AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY CLAY HILL, FLORIDA. >> IT WAS THE PREFERRED NAME FO 32203. TO YOUR POINT, IT WAS ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA. ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN 32003 CAN USE ANY OF THOSE NAMES AND THEIR MAIL WILL BE DELIVERED, IT'S REALLY MORE OF A PREFERENCE FOR THE CONSTITUENTS. >> I UNDERSTAND. MY QUESTION WA , THOSE FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE I FLEMING ISLAND PLANTATION SPECIFICALLY CAN STILL USE ORANGE PARK IF THEY WANTED. BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA LIVES IN THE FLEMING ISLAND PLANTATION. THAT'S ALL. BUT IF THEY HAVE THAT OPTION, THEY CAN EITHER ADOPT IT OR NOT. THEY CAN STAY IN JUST DO IT NATURALLY AS THEY GO ALONG, AS THEY RUN OUT OF STATIONERY OR CHECKS OR WHATEVER. I UNDERSTAND IT, I WA JUST ASKING ABOUT FLEMING ISLAN , BECAUSE THE PLANTATION IS A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OAKLEAF THA DON'T LIVE IN OAKLEAF PLANTATIO [03:50:03] DEVELOPMENT. YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION, YOU HAVE TO ADOPT IT. I UNDERSTAND, I FOLLOWED THE WHOLE THING, I WAS JUST ASKING THAT SIMPLE QUESTION. >> DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT MOTION BECAUSE IT IS SPECIFIC T CLAY HILL? OAKLEAF ALREADY HAS WHAT THIS WOULD GIVE THEM, SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A MODIFICATION? >> THEY NEEDED A STEP TWO FOR OAKLEAF PLANTATION. >> STEP TWO APPLIES TO BOTH LOCATIONS, STEP ONE IS CLAY HILL. >> SO WE WILL LEAVE THE MOTION ALONE. >> COURTNEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE MOTION? >> THAT'S OKAY, SO THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE IT FOR BOTH, WE ONLY HAVE TO DO THE GAZETTE FOR ONE BUT WE HAVE TO DO STEP TWO BUT WE PASSED IT AS ONE MOTION, IS THAT OKAY? I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >> AS LONG AS THE MOTION IS CLEAR. >> I THINK IT HAS BEEN CLEARED. >> CHRISTIE IS CLEAR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> I WILL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS] >> THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ANYBODY WANT TO GO FIRST? >> I ONLY HAVE ONE THING, COMMISSIONER CELLA BROUGHT IT UP, THE VALUE ASSESSMENT BOARD, THE ADJUSTMENT BOARD RATHER MET ON THE FOURTH OF OCTOBER, AND JUST FOR THE COMMISSION'S EDIFICATION, WE REAPPOINTED BILLY DAVIS AS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE VAD, FOR THE TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, ALEX RUDIN, REAL PROPERTY, JAMES TAURO AND THE EXEMPTION MAGISTRATE IS PAU SANDERS, I THINK. BUT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ALL FOUR OF THEM WERE THE ONLY APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB AND QUITE HONESTLY, THEY ARE REDUCING SOME OF THE FEES AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE TYPE THING AN JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT COPIED AND THE CLERK CAN PROBABLY CORRECT ME, THERE WERE 730 PETITIONS CONCERNING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY THIS YEAR, 559 CAME FROM ONE CORPORATION. AND AT THE LAST MINUTE. AND WE ALREADY DISCUSSE IT, THERE IS A $15 CHARGE WHIC DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO CURRENT COST. SO ANYWAY, ITEM NUMBER 19 WAS THE TAX COLLECTORS RESOLUTION TO GO FORWARD WITH THE ASSESSMENT WITHOUT THE ADJUDICATION OF THESE EXEMPTIONS. AND WE WILL GET THROUGH THE EXEMPTIONS EARL NEXT YEAR I GUESS. THAT IS ALL HAVE TO REPORT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR MOVING THE VETERANS CENTER, MOVING THAT EFFORT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OKAY I'M A VETERAN, BUT THEN YOUR WIFE, YOUR KIDS ARE ALL AFFECTED AND THE POPULATION GETS BIGGER ALL THE TIME. AND THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR SERVICE TO THE VETERAN IN CLAY COUNTY. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MEET SOME OF THAT NEED WITH THE VETERANS ORGANIZATION AND A TRIAGE CENTE WITH THE VETERAN CENTER WE ARE BUILDING, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER COMPERE ? >> JUST THREE THINGS, WE HAVE THE ORANGE PARK OFFICE NEXT WEEKEND, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE ALWAYS HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, VENDORS, I JUST ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO GET OUT AND ENJOY IT. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO NIC LATELY, HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES. THE SECOND THING ON MY LIST FOR TONIGHT IS JUST A TIP TO PUBLIC WORKS. I WAS OUT ON ROYAL PINES IN OAKLEAF YESTERDAY AND I SAW [03:55:03] AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE TRUCKS AND I SAW THEM PUTTING UP YIELD SIGNS, ET CETERA. ONE THING I NOTICED IS THAT I CAN SPOT THE COUNTY LOGO A LOT BETTER THESE DAYS THAN I HAVE IN THE PAST AN I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE EFFORT THAT IT TAKES TO KEEP OU COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WASN'T SURE IF I SHOUL DISCUSS THIS BUT IN LIGHT OF OU CONVERSATION TONIGHT, I WANT TO MAKE VERY PLAIN, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CONCERNS IN YOUR DISTRICT, MADAM CHAIR, CLAY COUNTY IS HOME TO ME, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THE CULTUR HERE AND UNIQUE TO DISTRICT 2 IS THAT MY DISTRICT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT BORDERS ALL FOUR OF TH OTHER DISTRICTS, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR U TO COLLABORATE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE INTERESTS OF ALL OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST ON ANYBODY IN CLAY COUNTY THAT I HAVE A PASSION FOR ADVOCATING FOR OUR CULTURE AND WHO WE ARE. AND I KNOW THAT THE ELECTION LAWS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, BEING WHAT THEY ARE, NOBODY HAD TO HEAR MY CAMPAIGN PITCH OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT TWO SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT I CAN APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS THAT COME BEFORE THE REST OF THE BOARD AND KNOW THAT MY INTENTIO IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TO HEAR OUT WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT 2 AND TO MOVE FORWARD CONSISTENT WITH WHO WE ARE AS A CULTURE. AND I DON'T EVER WANT THAT TO BE LOST IN CONVERSATION JUST BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO DISTRICT 2 AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT OAKLEAF AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER LESS THAN A YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IS THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ON MY TIME ON THE BOARD ARE PROJECTS SPECIFIC TO OAKLEAF BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR A WHILE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT OUR COMMISSION IS COMING ALONGSIDE THAT EFFORT TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. AND I THINK THAT MUCH HAS BEEN CLEAR, THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN VERY OPEN AND READY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. BUT, I DON'T WANT FOR MY PASSION OR ZEAL ABOUT THIS, SPECIFICALLY THAT PART OF THE COUNTY TO GET LOST IN THE CONCERNS OF THOSE AROUND US, WHO OBVIOUSLY CARE ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND I HAVE NO INTEREST IN JEOPARDIZIN QUALITY OF LIFE, IF ANYTHING, W ARE WORKING TOWARDS ENHANCING THAT AND I'M COMMITTED TO THE MISSION. SO, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW WE HA LIVELY BANTER TONIGHT BUT ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THE BOARD IN CLAY COUNTY IS THAT WE ALWAYS WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD POSITIVELY, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE HEATED DISCUSSIONS AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYONE'S INTEREST AT HEART. I KNOW THAT IS TRUE AND IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY BUT IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT HISTORY AND I'M THANKFUL FOR HO OPEN WE ARE AND HOW CONSISTENT WE ARE IN THAT MISSION. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TONIGHT, WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THE SAME THING. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WASN'T REALLY READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUT, WE SAW SOME OF IT AT THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD, ONE CORPORATION THAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER WAS REFERRING TO , HAD 500 OR 600 APPLICATIONS TO HAVE THEIR TAXE BE ADJUSTED, THAT IS ONLY A SMALL PART, THEY OWN THOUSANDS OF HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THINK THAT IS TAKEN FROM WHAT H SAID, THAT IS A CONCERN TO ME AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT OR STOP THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. BUT, THAT IS CERTAINLY A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE WEARIN OUT THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THEY AR [04:00:03] PAYING NEXT TO NOTHING, THEY DON'T COOPERATE AS MUCH BECAUSE OUR FOLKS ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE ON A REGULAR BASIS ALL YEAR AND THEN THEY TEND TO DROP EVERYTHING INTO FEDEX TO GET IT LAST DAY JUST PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO DO EXTRA DUTY JUST TO GET THEM FILED SO WE CAN FULFILL TH STATUTE. THAT IS A PROBLEM, NOT QUITE SURE HOW WE HANDLE THAT MOVING FORWARD BUT WHEN A BIG CORPORATION COMES IN AND DECIDE THEY ARE GOING TO BUY A BIG PARCEL AND PUT UP A BUNCH OF RENTAL HOMES AND MAINTAIN THOSE THAT CONCERNS ME. HOW WE FIX THAT OR ADDRESS THAT IS ANOTHER STORY, I'M NOT REALLY SURE AT THIS POINT. SECOND THING IS, IN TERMS OF THE CONSERVATION, IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE, THEY ARE SAYING IT IS WAY TOO LATE AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHY NOW, I CAN DO SO IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS BUT IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO CONSERVE, IF YOU HAVE SEEN DRONE FOOTAGE OF CLAY COUNTY, HOW MANY DISTANCE IN THE AIR, YOU CAN BE AMAZED A HOW MUCH GREEN AREA THAT WE STILL HAVE LEFT. YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN BUT, IT IS PRETTY AMAZING, WHAT UNTOUCHED TERRITORY THERE IS AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING AFTER TO PRESERVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND FINALLY, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER ON THE ORANGE PARK FESTIVAL, BUT THAT IS OKAY. I LOOK BACKWARDS, JUST A FEW DAYS ON SATURDAY, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, THEY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. I THINK YOU SAID OVER 4000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THE BUSINESS WAS BRISK, THE VENDORS DID A LOT OF SALES. ONE WOMAN SAID SHE DID BETTER THERE THAN SHE HAS EVER DONE AND SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER FESTIVAL THAT WILL OCCUPY THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER AND BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, AND I GOT TO MEET WITH A LOT OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE AND IN SOME CASES HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE LAST SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL. AND THAT WAS ALSO IN FRANCIS PARK AND THAT IS ALWAYS A FUN THING, FELICIA HAMPSHIRE DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THE COMMUNITY. A LOT O THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY. YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN FIND OUT AL ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. >> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT ONE CAME UP, I HAD CONSTITUENT WHO IS A FRANCHISE OWNER OF OUR COMMERCIAL WASTE HAULING. HE MADE A POST ON FACEBOOK, I HAPPENED TO SEE IT, SO I INQUIRED AS TO WHY HE WAS MAKING THIS POST, HE HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FEES THAT W CHARGE AS A COUNTY TO THESE FRANCHISE HOLDERS. SO, I SAID, ASKED FOR SPECIFICS AND HE GAVE THEM TO ME. I MET WITH CHARLIE MILTON AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, BUT THROUG THAT PROCESS, WHEN THEY WERE BREATHING ME, I FOUND OUT THAT CLAY COUNTY CHARGES 14% FOR OUR FRANCHISE FEE, AND THAT IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE IN THE REGION THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPARE IT TO. BUT, WHERE TH 14% CAME FROM PREDATES ANY OF US. ON THIS COMMISSION. AND A LOT OF THE STAFF, AND IT WAS PAST WHEN THE FRANCHISE FEE WAS PASSED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, THEY PASSED THE ORDINANCE WITH MORE THAN 14%. SO I TALKED WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER AND COMMISSION AUDITOR AND ASKED IF MAYBE SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOME RESEARCH FOR US ON THIS TO KIND OF COME BACK TO US AND GIV US A GAUGE OF ARE WE IN THE RIGHT PLACE WITH THIS 14%? SHOULD WE CONSIDER CHANGING THE ORDINANCE? CHARLIE MADE SURE TO MENTION THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAV TO LOOK AT TIPPING FEES AS A PART OF THE WHOLE PACKAGE, NOT JUST THIS, SO I WAS WONDERING I YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING SHE COULD GO AND WORK ON AND COME BACK TO US AND GIVE US A GAUGE, I'M NOT SAYING WE DO ANYTHING WITH THE INFORMATION BUT TO BRING IT BAC TO US AND WE CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT. ANYBODY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT? OKAY. AND SEVERAL OF US WENT OUT TO VISIT [04:05:06] THE AMAZING GRACE CROP FARMS ON STATE ROAD 21 JUST SOUTH OF THE 1621 INTERCHANGE LAST WEEK. I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER CELLA WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CORN MAZE . >> IT WAS TOO SCARY. >> I DO NOT DO SCARY. NO. NO. AND IT WAS GETTING DARK, NO WAY BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL T GO OUT, BUY YOUR TICKETS, GOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE FARMS IN CLAY COUNTY. AND AT ONE POINT, I THINK THEY HAVE DIG YOUR OWN POTATO, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL HAVE POTATOES. >> THEY ARE GOING TO GO PICK YOUR OWN BLUEBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES COMING UP. >> WONDERFUL. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, ONE, WE GOT A LETTER THAT IS ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD OF COUNT COMMISSIONERS FROM THE CLAY COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY, CURRICULUM SPECIALIST, VERY NICE LETTER. I WILL LEAVE IT ON TERESA'S DESK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ IT BUT SHE WAS SPECIFICALLY COMPLEMENTING KIMBERLY, SHE ARRIVED A FEW MINUTES EARLY TO MAKE SURE THE DOOR WAS OPEN, THEY AIDED US WITH TECHNOLOGY I THE ROOM, THEY WERE QUICK TO RESPOND, THINKING OF EVERY DETAIL INCLUDING PARKING FOR TH CLASS, TRULY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND WE SHOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. AND WHAT THE TRAINING WAS ON, 39 STAFF MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE TRAINING THAT HAD TO BE RESCHEDULED AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-AID TRAINING AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT LETTER WITH YOU BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT TODAY IS MENTAL HEALTH DAY IN THE U.S., I KNOW WE HAVE A DAY FOR EVERYTHING AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS MULTIPLE DAYS EVERY YEAR. LAST WEEK, VERY TRAGICALLY, A YOUNG MAN IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS WHO WENT TO SCHOOL IN GREEN COV SPRINGS AT AMI KIDS TOOK HIS OW LIFE. SO, MENTAL HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT IN OUR SOCIETY AND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WHEN SOMEBODY IS STRUGGLING. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET HELP. I HAVE TO SAY THAT BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MISSION OF TH DIRT ROAD, WHICH IS THE CHURCH THE FAMILY WENT TO AND CLAY BEHAVIORAL, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ON A BUSY HOMECOMING WEEKEND IN KEYSTONE. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE BU IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING, PLEASE REACH OUT TO SOMEONE AND GET TH HELP THAT YOU NEED ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY. I HAVE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.