[INVOCATION] [00:00:10] COMPUTER CLOCK SO IF YOU COULD RISE AND JOIN US FOR THE INVOCATION. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE STATE, THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTY WE LIVE IN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL THE MILITARY, ESPECIALLY THE ONES HERE TODAY, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH ALL OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL OF THOSE PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH THOSE, THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING AND THOSE WHO ARE SICK, BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR COUNTY AND PLEASE JUST HELP US , GIVE US KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE TO US . PLEASE CONTINUE TO BLESS THE COUNTY AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >> WE HAVE RETIRED U. S. NAVY MASTER COMMAND CHIEF SCOTT WOODS, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MASTER CHIEF. HE WAS STATIONED IN WASHINGTON, HE RETIRED IN 2013. HE WAS STATIONED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TENNESSEE, CALIFORNIA AND WAS AWARDED SEVERAL MEDALS , SERVICE MEDALS. HE WAS AWARDED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION. DURING HIS TIME IN THE NAVY, HE LEARNED ABOUT DISCIPLINE, THE VALUE OF TEAM BUILDING AND MENTORED JUNIOR SAILORS THAT FOLLOWED IN HIS FOR US. HE VOLUNTEERS AT HIS CHURCH AND SUPPORTS THE GUARD AND RESERVE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG WE WANT TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF THANK YOU FOR MANY YEARS AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF MILITARY SERVICE AND FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION YOU ARE STILL SERVING THE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH COMMUNITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> SMACK OVER THERE'S 30 YEARS, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF STORIES TO TELL US. I KNOW YOU ARE REALLY BUSY, WE WON'T TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME. WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 38 YEARS . [APPLAUSE] I SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS 26 OF THOSE 30 YEARS OF MY TIME IN THE NAVY , IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A TEAM EFFORT. WE HAVE THREE SONS, TWO GRANDSONS, TWO OF THE SONS MARRIED LOCAL GALS, ONE IS ENGAGED TO A LOCAL GAL, SO WE WILL BE HERE FOR A WHILE IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. WE ARRIVED IN 2008. THE LAST THING I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IS A PETTY OFFICER GETTING READY TO DEPLOY IN AUGUST. WE WILL KEEP HIM IN OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE TODAY. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MASTER [CALL TO ORDER] CHIEF. WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS . OKAY. WHAT ELSE? CALL TO ORDER. I GUESS WE SHOULD DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. [PET ADOPTIONS] >> THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE ROLL CALL. I SEE WE ARE ALL HERE. PET ADOPTIONS. >> THE FIRST DOG TODAY IS THE MEDIA, MIXED BREED, 10 YEARS OLD, WEIGHS 40 POUNDS. A SENIOR DOG HAS A LOT OF ENERGY AND A LOVE FOR HUMANS. THIS FURRY FRIEND IS A TRUE FOODIE AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR A DELICIOUS TREAT. SHE HAS A PLAYFUL AND ENERGETIC NATURE THAT BELIES HER SENIOR STATUS. HER LOVE FOR HUMANS IS SURE TO BRING JOY AND HAPPINESS TO ANY HOUSEHOLD. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOVING COMPANION TO SHARE YOUR HOME AND LIFE WITH, LOOK NO FURTHER. NEXT, WE HAVE DUNCAN, NEUTERED MALE, MIXED BREED, THREE YEARS OLD, WEIGHS 55 POUNDS. INTRODUCING DUNCAN, [00:05:02] A TRUE PEOPLE LOVER THAT IS ALWAYS UP FOR A GAME OF FETCH WITH HIS FAVORITE TOYS. WITH HIS GOOD LOOKS AND PHOTOGENIC PERSONALITY, HE IS SURE TO LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE AND INSTAGRAM FEET ALIKE. HE IS AN INDEPENDENT GUY THAT CAN KEEP HIMSELF ENTERTAINED BUT ONCE A HUMAN COMPANION TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN AND MAKE MEMORIES WITH HIM. HE IS NOT A FAN OF SMALL DOGS BUT HE MAY BE OPEN TO MAKING FRIENDS WITH A LARGER BRIE. THE FIRST CAT IS BEATING, A DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR, THREE YEARS OLD. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A PLAYFUL AND FEARLESS GIRL BUT DOES NOT MIND SNUGGLING UP IN YOUR LAP ON MOVING A. SHE WILL REMAIN QUEEN OF HER OWN CASTLE AND DOESN'T WANT TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER FURRY FRIENDS. LASTLY, WE HAVE PRODUCT, A DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR, FOUR YEARS OLD. PRODUCT PREFERS THE LIFE OF AN ADVENTUROUS BARN CAT AND WILL KEEP THOSE PESKY MICE AWAY. COMFORTABLE BARN WITH HAY BALES AND A PLACE TO CALL HER OWN WILL SUFFICE. WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF FOSTER PARENTS FOR DOGS, CATS AND KITTENS. PLEASE CONSIDER OPENING YOUR HOME TEMPORARILY. YOU CAN JOIN OUR KICK GREW, WE NEED FOSTERS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT US. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT FURRY FRIENDS, LOOK AT OR AMAZON WISH LIST. WE ALWAYS NEED ITEMS FOR FOSTER KITTENS IN THE SHELTER AND FOSTER ANIMALS. JUST GO TO AMAZON.COM. THAT COMPLETES PET ADOPTIONS. >> THANK YOU. LOW VOLUME ] NOW IF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD JOIN ME DOWN AT THE FRONT. [1.  Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Recognition] >> WHY DON'T WE STAND IN FRONT OF THIS? >> THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS RECOGNITION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, WHICH IS, WE WILL GET INTO THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO HELP THEM START SMALL BUSINESS. EVERY BUSINESS STARTS OUT SMALL. IT IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. WE TEND TO HELP WITH THROUGH THIS CENTER . CHRIS ABETZ AT THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER. INAUDIBLE ] WE CAN BRING EVERYBODY ON. CHRIS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES IN CLAY COUNTY, GROW, SUCCEED AND SUSTAIN . THE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA OPEN IN 2018 , HE IS A SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT. CHRIS IS RETIRING, HE IS YOUNG TO RETIRE, I THINK. HE TO TELL YOU THIS, SHE IS GOING TO CREATE JOBS FOR YOU. HE IS RETIRING FAIRBURY 16TH, A COUPLE DAYS FROM NOW WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM TODAY WITH A PROCLAMATION FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO CLAY COUNTY. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN CLAY COUNTY. CONCLUDED ] WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. >> HERE WE GO. WHEREAS, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, CHRIS ABETZ HAS SHARED HIS FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE THROUGH LEADERSHIP IN LEADERSHIP ROLES INCLUDING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT, AND DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN SMALL TOWNS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHEREAS, CHRIS ABETZ HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES IN CLAY COUNTY GROW, SUCCEED AND SUSTAIN SINCE JOINING THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT THE [00:10:01] UNIVERSITY OF NORTH POURED IN 2018 IS A SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND WHEREAS, DURING HIS TENURE, CHRIS ABETZ CONSULTED WITH MORE THAN 850 PERSPECTIVE AND ACTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS, SPENT MORE THAN 1000 HOURS MEETING WITH CLIENTS, ATTEND VARIOUS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL CLAY COUNTY PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE FOR SEVEN YEARS RUNNING AND DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS INCLUDING STARTING A BUSINESS, INCLUDING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, BOOSTING WEBSITES AND VITAL HEDGES AGAINST THE RECESSION. AND WHEREAS, CHRIS ABETZ 'S DESIRE TO GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE STEMS FROM AN UNDERSTANDING THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE DRIVING FORCE IN OUR ECONOMY THAT EMPLOY MORE THAN 60% OF ALL WORKERS AND CREATE 80% OF ALL NEW JOBS AND BY HELPING THEM SUCCEED, WE CREATE A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR ALL AND WHEREAS CHRIS ABETZ IS A NATIVE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY WITH A BS IN ACCOUNTING AND IS ALSO A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT. HE HAS BEEN THE FLORIDA RESIDENT FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND CALLS CLAY COUNTY HIS HOME AND TRULY BELIEVES THAT EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY TO HELP CLAY'S SMALL BUSINESSES GROW AND SUCCEED. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HEREBY HONOR AND RECOGNIZE CHRIS ABETZ, SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT, AS BDC, FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK HE HAS DONE TO STRENGTHEN THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE THAT ARE DRIVING OUR ECONOMY IN CLAY COUNTY. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, POLICE SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> CONGRATULATIONS, I GUESS IT IS OFFICIAL. [APPLAUSE] BEFORE I PASS THE MICROPHONE OVER TO CHRIS, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THERE WERE A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT CHRIS HAS HELPED AND HAS CREATED JOBS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY AND THEY ARE ALL SORT OF SUFFERING TO THE FACT HE IS LEAVING BECAUSE HE HELPED SO MANY OF THEM GET INTO BUSINESS AND STAY IN BUSINESS. I CAN TESTIFY FIRSTHAND HE DOES A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY BROUGHT HIM IN TO DO. WE ARE THAT MUCH POORER FOR NOT HAVING YOU IN THAT POSITION. YOU'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO NOW . CONGRATULATIONS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. >> WHAT A PRIVILEGE, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, WAY BEFORE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO NOW, MY HAS BEEN AND I STARTED A BUSINESS. CHRIS WAS OUR PARTNER. HE REALLY WALKED US THROUGH REALLY TREACHEROUS WATERS. WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN US INTO REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME AND SAY, WE WILL LOAN YOU MONEY, FOR X PERCENTAGE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND THAT KIND OF THING. CHRIS REALLY HELPED US NAVIGATE THOSE. FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I CAN ATTEST THEY REALLY DO HELP BUSINESSES IN CLAY COUNTY, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. I WILL MISS YOU, CHRIS. REALLY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, MIKE AND THANK YOU, BETSY. IT HAS BEEN A JOYOUS EXPERIENCE. IT HAS BEEN A LOT MORE THAN I EXPECTED PERSONAL FROM A GRATIFICATION STANDPOINT. I HAVE A MARVELOUS TEAM STANDING BEHIND ME AT SBDC. I HAVE ADULT CHILDREN AND THE SWEETHEART SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE ARE KIND OF THE GENIE IN THE BOTTLE FOR BUSINESSES. YOU GET MORE THAN THREE WISHES . THAT IS MY LAST PIECE OF ADVICE. THANKS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] >> DANA PHILLIPS , JR. RESIDENT OF CLAY COUNTY . >> JODI BENSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE SBDC. >> >> >> MIKE >> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO? [2.  Black History Month] >> FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. TODAY WE WILL READ A RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE THIS MONTH. [00:15:07] A PROCLAMATION TO HONOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE ENRICHED AMERICANS ' LIVES. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE GUNNERY SERGEANT GREEN, HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU DO? 21 YEARS. ALL RIGHT. YOU MADE IT A CAREER. HE IS WITH US HERE TODAY, HE IS A RESIDENT OF OAK LEAF WHO IMMIGRATED FROM JAMAICA IN 1979. HE SERVED AS A UNITED STATES MARINE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND SERVED IN BOSNIA, DESERT STORM AND DESERT STREET -- SHE'LL. HE WORKS AS A SPECIALIST. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR BEING HERE TO ACCEPT THIS RECLAMATION. COMMISSIONER COMPERE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. >> WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS FOUNDED BASED ON WORK DONE BY HARVARD-TRAINED HISTORIAN CARTER G. WOODSON BEGINNING IN 1926 TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND ACCURATELY REPRESENTING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE ENRICHED AMERICA AND THE LIVES OF EVERY AMERICAN; AND WHEREAS, DURING FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EVERY PART OF AMERICAN SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS, SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS INCLUDING AFRICAN MISSIONARY DR. LOUISE "LULU" CECILIA FLEMING, INFLUENTIAL HARLEM RENAISSANCE ARTIST AUGUSTA FELLS SAVAGE, PROMINENT BUSINESSWOMAN ANNA KINGSLEY, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAUDE BURROUGHS JACKSON, OPERA SINGER CYNTHIA HAYMON-COLEMAN, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JENNIFER CAROL, AND MULTIPLE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY JOIN THE NATION IN CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND APPRECIATE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND IN THE SHAPING OF OUR NATION AND CULTURE. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, POLICE SAY AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES BY ZERO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE? YES. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO. FOR ALL MY MILITARY BROTHERS IN ARMS, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, AS WE SAY IN THE MARINE CORPS, ONE TEAM, ONE FIGHT. I MOVED HERE IN 2010, ME AND MY WIFE. SHE IS HERE . WE WERE ON VACATION. WE HAD NO PLANS, WE WERE JUST DRIVING THROUGH FLORIDA. WE JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE. WHAT TO DO WITH IT. WE WENT BACK TO JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. WE HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE THE LAST 13 YEARS, WE WATCHED THE COUNTY GROW TWOFOLD . WE'VE GOT A HIGHWAY GOING THROUGH, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE MOST AWESOME SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS AMAZING. IT IS A HIGHLY COVETED AREA WE LIVE IN. OF COURSE, THE COMMISSIONER IS MY NEIGHBOR. I WAS VOLUNTOLD TO BE HERE. >> BECAUSE I TAUGHT HER A WORD CALLED INDECISIVENESS IF, TO STICK DECISIONS AND STICK WITH THEM. SHE SAID, YOU WILL DO IT, I NEED TO SEE YOU HERE AT THIS TIME. DEFINITELY. IN THE SPIRIT OF BLACK HISTORY, MY STREET, HARBOR TOWN DRIVE, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WOULD ACTUALLY ENJOY LIVING ON HARBOR TOWN DRIVE. YOU WOULD ONLY NEED TO DRIVE THROUGH ON HALLOWEEN OR CHRISTMAS AND SEE THE EFFORT THAT WE COLLECTIVELY PUT INTO MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A PLACE OF FESTIVITY, A PLACE OF CELEBRATION AND A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR RELIGION CAN COME AND CELEBRATE AND ENJOY LIFE AND NOT BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SKIN BUT ON THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY WIFE, THANK YOU. WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE. WE ARE HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [00:20:07] >>, ON. >> WE WILL ALL TAKE IT. [3.  NAS Jacksonville Commanding Officer] THE CIVILIAN WORLD, AS WELL, TRUST ME. THE LAST PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS FOR A GREAT MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, CAPTAIN CANTU. COME ON UP HERE. HE SERVED AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR OF CLAY COUNTY, COLLABORATIVE AND WE ENJOY YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE COUNTRY, AS WELL. YOU ARE LEAVING US. YOU ARE RETIRING FROM NAS JACKSONVILLE. YOU ARE HERE TODAY TO RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WE VALUE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NAS JACKSONVILLE. WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT. YOUR ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER JOB. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RETIRE FOR TOO LONG. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WISHES TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SERVICE OF NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE COMMANDING OFFICER, CAPTAIN MARCOS CANTU; AND WHEREAS, CAPTAIN CANTU, COMMISSIONED AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN 1997, WAS DESIGNATED AS A NAVAL AVIATOR IN 1999. HE COMPLETED DEPLOYMENTS ABOARD "USS O'BANNON" IN THE CARIBBEAN AND EASTERN PACIFIC; "USS DEWERT" IN SUPPORT OF 6TH FLEET AND STANDING NAVAL FORCES, ATLANTIC; "USS KEARSARGE" IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; AND "USS VELLA GULF" DEPLOYED TO THE EUROPEAN COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AS PART OF THE FIRST EAST COAST BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE DEPLOYMENT; AND WHEREAS, CAPTAIN CANTU IS A GRADUATE OF THE U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES AND SERVED AS THE U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, JOINT FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT COMMAND-GLOBAL STRIKE DEPUTY DIVISION CHIEF FOR NUCLEAR STRIKE PLANNING, AND WAS SELECTED TO ESTABLISH HELICOPTER MARITIME STRIKE SQUADRON 79 AT NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, AS ITS FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER; AND WHEREAS, CAPTAIN CANTU HAS FLOWN OVER 2,200 FLIGHT HOURS AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS AND MEDALS DURING HIS NAVAL CAREER INCLUDING TWO LEGION OF MERIT AWARDS, DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, AND AN AIR MEDAL; AND WHEREAS, CAPTAIN CANTU ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE IN APRIL 2021, AND, IN AUGUST 2022, BECAME THE 51ST COMMANDING OFFICER OF NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, THE THIRD LARGEST NAVY BASE IN THE U.S. AND HOME TO MORE THAN 20,000 PERSONNEL. NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE IN OUR REGION, SUPPORTS U.S. FORCES SPECIALIZING IN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE AND TRAINS THE BEST AVIATORS IN THE WORLD. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY EXPRESS ITS SINCERE GRATITUDE AND HONORS THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF CAPTAIN MARCOS CANTU FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE VALUED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NAS JACKSONVILLE AND CLAY COUNTY UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW YOU ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO SPEAKING IN PUBLIC BUT I WILL GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE ANYWAY. UNIQUE HONOR THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT, YOU DON'T JOIN THE NAVY FOR THE ACCOLADES. I DO APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION AND THE APPRECIATION FOR THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AND AS A POINT OF [22.  Intergovernmental Support Agreement with Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS) (K. Smith)] [00:26:00] PRIVILEGE, I WILL CHANGE THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT ANDBRING UP ITEM NUMBER 22 FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE GET INTO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. ITEM 22, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN THIS? THIS IS, I THINK, A FIRST-EVER EXECUTION OF THIS OPTION THAT WE HAVE. >> IT IS. YES, SIR. YES, WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THEM FOR A COUPLE MONTHS TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU. WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU IS AN AGREEMENT FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH NAS WHERE WE WILL ASSIST THEM WITH SOME ROADWAY MAINTENANCE THEY MAY NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS , IT IS A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT. NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE COUNTY, IT IS JUST US EXTENDING OUR SERVICES TO THEM TO HELP WITH A FEW OF THEIR PROJECTS. >> OKAY. THIS IS A COORDINATED TYPE EFFORT BETWEEN THE TWO BIG ORGANIZATIONS , CLAY COUNTY AND NAS JACKSONVILLE . >> IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION , FIRST OF ALL, A MOTION. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I THINK IT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE THIS AND THE LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES, ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS AT ONE BEHIND-THE-SCE REMEMBER THE EXACT PERCENTAGE THE CAPTAIN TOLD ME EARLIER OF EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE IN CLAY COUNTY BUT I DO KNOW IT IS SIGNIFICANT. WE COULD NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT YOU. WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS. >> MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE ONE ITEM TO NOT DISCUSS BUT A STATEMENT. THAT IS, PROBLEMS DON'T START AT THE BORDER AND SOLUTIONS DON'T END AT THE BORDER. WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF CLAY COUNTY TO GET THE BEST RESULTS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOR THE REGION. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US REACHING OUT BEYOND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN CLAY COUNTY AND HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEY, LIKEWISE, AS WE HEARD, WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US. MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. ANNIE NAYS? WITH THAT, WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE SIGNING CEREMONY. CAPTAIN, SKIPPER, IF YOU CAN GET YOUR STAFF, ANYBODY FROM YOUR STAFF TO COME UP. [00:30:41] [APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS PRETTY MONUMENT TERRACE. >> THIS HAS BEEN, ALMOST A YEAR IN THE MAKING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS REALLY A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CLAY COUNTY AND THE BASE TO LEVERAGE THE GREAT SCALE THE COUNTY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE AND AFTER SOME THINGS MORE QUICKLY , MORE ECONOMICALLY AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. THE WORK YOU ARE SUPPORTING WILL HAVING AN O IMPACT ON US FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME, NOT ONLY MISSION READINESS , NAS JACKSONVILLE, THE NAVY AND FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THIS. I AM JOINED HERE BY BILL BROCK, MY IPI, CHRIS COOK FROM REGION, WE HAVE MARK MCMANUS, WHO HELPED RUN THE SHOW, COMMANDER, LAST, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, THE LIEUTENANT, MY GO TO REFERENCE, MY FACE IN ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WHY THIS HAPPENED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD JOB. [APPLAUSE] >> LIKE I SAID, WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD AND THE ONE WE WILL HAVE. THAT IS KIND OF YOUR LEGACY AND WE WILL ALL BE THERE TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND NAS JACKSONVILLE ON THE 29TH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW WE WILL RESUME WITH THE [CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS] NORMAL AGENDA WITH CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. WE HAVE MS. GREEN HERE . WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE . INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES, SIR. NO REAL UPDATES, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS. IT WAS NOT BECAUSE I WAS HOME COMFORTABLY WITH MY FEET UP, UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE. AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED ON THE SIXTH. WE HAVE A PRTTY HEFTY FUNDING BILL TO ALLEVIATE FUNDING ISSUES, OF WHICH I DREW THE SHORT STRAW TO BE IN TALLAHASSEE THIS YEAR TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR IT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WAS THE REASON I HAVE NOT BEEN [00:35:02] HERE. I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND THAT IT WORKED OUT. I DO HAVE A 5:00 EMERGENCY LEGISLATIVE CALL BECAUSE THE BILL GOT AMENDED TODAY AND NOT TO OUR LIKING SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO REASSUR YOU THAT STAFF DOES STAY INVOLVED, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT HERE, THEY'RE WATCHING ONLINE, TRACKING YOUR BUSINESS SO THEY CAN SUPPORT YOU. OF COURSE, I KNOW WE HAVE A SWEARINGEN,, MS. BLANCHET IS OVERQUALIFIED TO ASSIST WITH THAT BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW. WE WILL BE HERE IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, AS WELL BUT THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN GONE. >> APPRECIATE THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE SHERIFF'S [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OFFICE? >> THAN EXCITEMENT -- THE NEXT ITEM, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 23RD, 2024. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. >> MOTION APPROVED. >> I WILL SECOND. >> OKAY. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS ? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ARE THERE ANY NAYS? [CONSENT AGENDA] >> THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A PERIOD FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK AND DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD YET. SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF THEM IS TO NOT APPROVE, WHICH ONE IS IT, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. TO NOT APPROVE THE BID THAT WAS SUBMITTED. JUST SO YOU ARE CLEAR ON THAT. THEY NEED TO REBID THAT. ANY WISHES TO PULL ANY ITEMS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 13 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> NUMBER 13 IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. ANY OTHERS? SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 13? >> AND NUMBER SEVEN. >> NUMBER SEVEN IS OFF. >> YES, SEVEN IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 13. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. [13.  State Funded Grant Agreement with the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) regarding Construction and Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) for the widening of CR 220 from CR 209 (Henley Road to CR 220B (Knight Boxx Road) (R. Smith)] >> I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBER 13. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NAYS? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AND NUMBER 13 HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. >> NUMBER 13 IS A GRANT FROM STATE FDOT REGARDING CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION ON COUNTY ROAD 220 . I THOUGHT , SINCE IT IS 11.5 MILLION AND CHANGE, I THOUGHT WE WOULD PULL THIS AND WORK TOGETHER WITH ENGINEERING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRESS ON THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, AS WELL. YOUR INTERCHANGE OR IT A LOT, AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED. YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU COULD PROBABLY GET SOMEBODY TO TELL US WHERE WE ARE, AS FAR AS THE GRANT AND WHAT WOULD TAKE US TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT COUNTY ROAD 220 FROM HANLEY ROAD TO KNIGHT BOXX ROAD. >> THIS IS A COMPILATION OF A STATE GRANT, FEDERAL GRANT , OTHERS AFTER THAT. >> CORRECT. >> I WILL BRING YOU UP ON THE ENGINEERING AND THE PERMITTING SIDE. ITEM NUMBER 14 THAT WAS APPROVED IS LAND EASEMENT. THAT WAS THE EASEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THE WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE PRIOR TO MARCH DID YOU WANT TO GET THIS GRANT GOING FORWARD. WITH THAT, THE GRANT CAN GO FORWARD NOW. WITH THE SCHEDULE BEING CONSTRUCTION TO START NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31 OF THIS YEAR. THE LATEST ESTIMATE IS $19.4 MILLION. YOU WILL BE GETTING AN UPDATED ESTIMATE SOON. PRIOR TO MARCH 1. I WILL LET TROY, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT OR THAT PART OF IT, TROY WILL TAKE THAT OVER. THE PROJECT, THE [00:40:10] SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, IT DOES BEGIN AT THE FIVE LANE SECTION OF KNIGHT BOXX , IT IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD, THE BRIDGE IS EXPANDED, THE EXISTING BRIDGE WILL BE REPLACED AND REMOVED WITH A NEW FOUR LANE BRIDGE PUT IN ITS PLACE. THEN THIS PROJECT WILL GO TO FULL FOUR LANES TO CHIEF RIDE OUT THE TRAIL AND TAPER OUT AT THE EXISTING DOLLAR GENERAL WEST. IT AND ABOUT 500 FEET WEST OF CHIEF RIDE OUT THE TRAIL. >> THAT INTERSECTION IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SEPARATE PROJECT. >> CORRECT. IT IS A SEPARATE PROJECT. THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING, FOR INSTANCE, THE SCOPE CHANGES, WE COULD MAKE THIS A SECTION BECAUSE THAT PART OF IT IS QUITE STATIC. THE INTERSECTION PORTION AND THE PORTION HERE WERE TIED TOGETHER BY THE STATE RIGHT-OF-WAY , THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT-OF-WAY MEETING IT ALL HAD TO BE SECURE BEFORE EITHER PROJECT COULD GO FORWARD. WE HAVE BEEN READY TO DO THE INTERSECTION PROJECT, DR. BURKE WON'T LIKE THIS AND NEITHER WILL YOU, WE HAVE BEEN READY TO DO IT PROBABLY 18 MONTHS WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SECURED AND PLANS COMPLETED. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO UNTIL THE BRIDGE AND THE WETLAND ISSUES WERE RESOLVED. SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE , ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE WOULD BE THE PROCUREMENT TO THE CONTRACTORS. THAT IS EXPECTED WITH THIS BEING SUCCESSFUL PROBABLY JUNE OF THIS YEAR . THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE SELECTED SOMETIME IN AUGUST TO COMMENCE WORK IN THE FALL. >> WE ARE READY TO COMMENCE WORK BUT WE CAN'T COMMENCE WORK UNTIL WE COME UP WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY. >> THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT THIS UP. >> THAT IS WHY THE BACKUP IS HERE. >> IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FINANCIAL SIDE, THE QUESTIONS WE WANTED TO ANSWER, IF I MAY -- >> THAT IS A GOOD LATERAL. TO KIND OF AT WHAT RICHARD SAID, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ONGOING. WE DO HAVE A FINAL SET OF PLANS SUBJECT TO LAST REVIEW. FOR FDOT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ACTUAL DRAFT TO THEM BY MARCH DID YOU WANT, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. WE WILL BE READY FOR THAT. THEIR GOAL AND COMMITMENT IS THAT IT ACTUALLY GETS LET OUT BY MAY , AN EARLIER TIME FRAME THAN WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. THE COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION DATE IS FOR COMPLETION IS DECEMBER 2027. THAT IS WITH THE COMMITMENT IS. >> SO FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, BY YOUR POLICY, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED AND BE ABLE TO LET A PROCUREMENT OUT, THAT IS WHERE THE ISSUE COMES IN. WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET CURRENTL FOR THIS PROJECT. SO TONIGHT, WE WILL ASK FOR IS DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD ON THAT, PLUS THE ROAD PROJECTS , I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION, AND THE COST OF THOSE WE CAN DISCUSS AND THAT WE WILL LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. I THINK WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS WE CAN DISCUSS AND, REALLY, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IT IS DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WANT US TO PROCEED. >> SO, WE ARE ON TPO AND THIS WAS NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST LAST WEEK. IF WE DON'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE LOSE THAT MONEY FROM FDOT. THAT IS $12 MILLION THAT WE WOULD LOSE SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY. I HAVE [00:45:09] IDEAS, BUT I WILL LET EVERYONE GO FIRST. >> MR. CHAIR, IF APPROPRIATE, I THINK YOU HEAR HESITATION BECAUSE THE TWO, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR DECISION ON BONDED ROAD, WILL AFFECT YOUR DECISION ON THIS FOR THE OPTIONS FOR THE BONDED ROAD PROJECTS. [19.  Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program (E. Dendor)] >> DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT UP HERE? WHAT ABOUT RIGHT NOW? >> I DON'T THINK, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, THE CONVERSATION. >> LET'S MAKE AN EXCEPTION, WE WILL CHANGE THE AGENDA AND TALK ABOUT 19. WE WILL BRING 19 UP. GREEN. GOOD EVENING. I AM THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING, I HAVE UPDATE YOU, BASICALLY ON THE PROGRESS THE TEAM HAS MADE OVER THE LAST MONTH AND TALK ABOUT THE REALLY IMPORTANT PART, AND I WILL STEP OVER AND SWITCH SEATS HERE. AS FAR AS GROUP NUMBER TWO GOES, SPECIFICALLY FOR PROJECT NUMBER TWO, THE RELOCATION EFFORTS WERE COMPLETED FOR THE SITE WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. SUPERIOR MOBILIZED THE SITE AND STARTED OPERATIONS AT THE SITE. PROJECT NUMBER FIVE, ANY DAY WE ARE EXPECTING THE PERMITS TO BE ISSUED. THE FINAL PLANS WILL BE SIGNED AND SEALED ONCE THE PERMIT MODIFICATION IS ISSUED. THIS PROJECT WILL THEN BE PACKAGED AND DELIVERED TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION. FOR PROJECTS 6A, COUNTY ROAD 15, FINAL COMMITMENTS FOR THE ULTIMATE PLANS WERE BEING ADDRESSED BY THE EOR, ENGINEER OF RECORD. RIGHT-OF-WAY EFFORTS CONTINUE. MITIGATION CREDITS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL EARLIER IN THE MEETING UNDER CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 17 AND THAT WAS PAST MY. OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR PHASE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPED AND ARE NEARING COMPLETION WHILE A 70% OVER THE DESIGNER SHOULDER REVIEW WAS HELD FOR PERFORMANCE. 90% PLANS ARE FORECASTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. FOR GROUP NUMBER ONE, MONTHLY STATUS MEETING WAS HELD, PROJECT 3 EIGHT, THE CONTRACTOR AND DEVELOPER CONTINUE THEIR PRE-MOBILIZATION ACTIVITY. VEGETATION CLEARING WAS COMPLETED . THE CONTRACTOR REPLACED THE VARIABLE MESSAGING BOARDS NOTIFYING THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL START, ACTUALLY THIS WEEK. IT WILL BE A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 180 DAYS. FOR SECTION 3B, WHICH CONNECTS EASTERN THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT WORK AND PRE-MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THEIR FIRST TO PROCEED TASK ORGANIZATION. IT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS TO OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE RIGHT-OF-WAY. PROJECT FOUR, SANDWICH ROW, THE TEAM CONTINUES CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ALONG SANDWICH ROAD WITH MOST OF THE STORM WATER DRAINS AND STRUCTURES ON SITE, ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON THE NORTH SIDE WHILE BEGINNING WORK ON THE SOUTH SIDE , AS WELL, PLACING CROSS CONNECTIONS FROM WATER DRAINAGE PIPES ACROSS THE CITY. MOVING ON TO PROJECT 6B, THE TEAM CONTINUED TO HOLD THE BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS AND OPERATIONS CONTINUED THROUGH THE CORRIDOR THROUGH 23 AND THE FAR WEST END OF THE PROJECT OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETE. PILE CABIN INSTALLATIONS BEGAN. STORMWATER CROSSTRAINED PIPE INSTALLATIONS CONTINUE. PROJECT NUMBER ONE, WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION. [00:50:02] 218, BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 5. THEY WERE OPENED ON THE SIXTH. OF THE SEVEN INTERESTED VENDORS WHO ATTENDED THE MANDATORY MEETING, THE COUNTY RECEIVED TWO NEW BITS, ONE FROM SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION AND ONE MORE. BASICALLY, THE OTHER HAD TOO MUCH WORK. WE HAD TWO VALID BIDS, ONE WAS FROM WATSON AND THE OTHER WAS FROM ANDERSON COLUMBIA. THEY WERE VIEWED AND EVALUATED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THOSE. BASICALLY, THE REVIEW PROCESS, I WILL STEP OVER SO I CAN RUN THE LAPTOP A LITTLE BIT EASIER. SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR. THIS IS BASICALLY THE DASHBOARD WE UPDATE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IT BASICALLY DESIGNATES OR SHOWS ALL SEVEN PROJECTS. JUST FOR SIMPLICITY , WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, IF YOU WOULD, PHASEOUT OR SHOW THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT TODAY IN THE DISCUSSION IS PROJECT NUMBER ONE ]. FOR THE BOND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, AGAIN, THIS IS PROJECT NUMBER ONE. YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER PROJECT NUMBER ONE. WE TRIED TO COLORCODE IT TO MAKE IT EASIER. WE HAD BID OPTIONS, AS WELL. YOU WILL NOTICE, AGAIN, THERE IS THE GREEN, WE HAVE THE SAND AND LIGHT BLUE. INAUDIBLE ] FOR THE BASE BID, THAT IS BASICALLY A 1.3 MILE, FOUR LANES FROM THE EXISTING TWO LANES WITH THE MEDIAN, BIKE LANES, STORM DRAINS, SIDEWALKS . THAT BASICALLY TAKES YOU FROM PINE TREE LANE JUST WEST OF THE PARK, WHICH IS ROUGHLY WHERE MASTERS PIT IS. THAT IS A BASE BID. THERE IS SOME WORK REQUIRED IN THAT CORRIDOR. CCI NUMBERS ARE THERE. THEY COME TO THE TABLE WITH THAT. OPTION ONE IS, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW THE BIG CAME IN, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED, IF YOU WOULD, WE ARE LOOKING AT MAYBE TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MIMOSA INTERSECTION. THAT WOULD BE LIGHTING AND MAYBE CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS. OPTION TWO IS BASICALLY ONE MILE WORTH THE SIDEWALK ON 218 THAT WOULD TAKE YOU FROM MIMOSA ALL THE WAY TO COSMOS AVENUE. OPTION THREE IS BASICALLY A FIELD OFFICE, TEMPORARY FIELD OFFICE , A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. KEEP GOING? OKAY. AS FAR AS OPTION THREE, THOSE ARE THE FIELD OFFICES FOR FIELD INSPECTORS, FIELD ENGINEERS, A PLACE BASICALLY TO WORK OR OPERATE OUT OF. AS I MOVE THROUGH THIS, HERE IS THE PRICING, IF YOU WOULD, THE GREEN SECTION IS THE ANDERSON COLUMBIA PRICE. THAT CAME IN AT 17.1 MILLION, ACTUALLY THE ESTIMATE, THE COUNTY'S ESTIMATE WAS RIGHT AROUND 18 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THERE, AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE WATSON'S PRICE. HERE YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR EACH ONE OF THESE LINE ITEMS. THE BASE BIG CAME IN WITH ANDERSON COLUMBIA AT 17.1, WE HAVE 15.7. THIS GIVES YOU THE BUDGET VARIANCE FOR WHAT WE ARE SHORT, IF YOU WILL. 1.4 MILLION AND JUST TO UNDERSTAND, REALLY, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO EXECUTE THE OPTIONS. PART OF MAYBE THE DISCUSSION WE COULD HAVE THIS EVENING AND WE WOULD HAVE IT AND POSSIBLY CALL IT BACKFILL THAT IS 1.4 MILLION WE ARE SHORT. AS WE WORK THROUGH , WORKING WITH TROY'S TEAM AT THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, THIS IS THAT PROJECT THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT RICH WAS TALKING ABOUT AND HOWELL COUNTY ROAD 220 CONSTRUCTION IS. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE WITH THE PROJECT TO THE WEST TO GO IN AND INSTALLA FOUR LANE WHILE THEY NEED TO WORK FROM EAST TO WEST. AT KNIGHT BOXX, THE KNIGHT BOXX BRIDGE, AND THEN COUNTY ROAD 224 LINKS TO SHAMROCK ROAD. WHEN YOU PHASE IN THOSE PROJECTS, YOU CAN MOVE SOME OF THE BOND TRANSPORTATION FUNDS DOWN INTO PROJECT NUMBER ONE TO [00:55:01] LEAD THE 17.1 BASE BID AND FINISH UP THAT WHEN WE HAVE FUNDING ON 222 FINISHED THE DESIGNS ENDING PERMIT AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY LEFT . ESSENTIALLY, ONCE WE FINISH THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE A COMPLETE DESIGN FOR PERMIT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY, THEY EFFECTUALLY CALL IT PROJECT ON THE SHELF. THE PROJECT DIRECTION WILL CONTINUE FROM EAST TO WEST. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR NOW WE ARE SHORT 1.4 WITH AN OPTION OF MAKING THOSE MOVEMENTS IN THE BUDGET. ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO WORK WITH OMB OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND BRING BACK BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AT OUR NEXT FEBRUARY 27TH MEETING , MAKE THOSE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AND WITH THAT, THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO ANDERSON. I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. JOSH MADDOX, CARLOS CAMPOS AND RICHARD ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD LAST WEEK. >> MR. CHAIR ? >> THE BASE BID LEAVES US 1.4 SHORT AS DESCRIBED THERE WHAT ABOUT UTILITY CONSTRUCTION? DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION, WE ARE WORKING WITH CC AWAY, FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING, IT IS KIND OF AN ON OFF SWITCH. WE WILL HAVE TO SHIFT GEARS AND COMPLETELY REALLY MEET WITH CCOA. THEY ALREADY COMMITTED 424,000 TO THE PROJECT. AGAIN, WITH THE NEW BIG, BASED ON PRICING, THINGS GOING UP, THEY WILL BE SHORT 1.2 MILLION. WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH CCOA, THAT IS ALL ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR ACCOUNT. >> HAVE YOU DONE ANY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH CCOA? >> WE HAVE KEPT THEM IN THE LOOP . WE MEET, TYPICALLY, AGAIN, EVERY OTHER WEEK ABOUT PROGRESS. WE HAVE KEPT UP AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS SINCE RECEIVING THE BIDS ON TUESDAY AND US GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATIONS, BUT, AGAIN, OUR DIRECTION TODAY IS DEPENDING ON TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. >> CARLOS CAMPOS, REPRESENTATIVE OF IAS GA. WE ALSO DID AN ESTIMATE. THEY ARE SHORT 1.2 MILLION. WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER TOMORROW. >> I DON'T SEE ANYBODY JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE. THE NEGOTIATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, JUST AS WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> ALSO, THERE ARE BRIDGES ON 218 BUT NOT IN THAT SECTION. >> WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS. THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO NOT ACCEPT THE BID. DIFFICULT FOR A UTILITY TO DO THAT. THEY WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHY THE MOU WAS SET UP. THEY COULD BRING OUT SEPARATE INSPECTORS. THEY WILL BE STEPPING ON EACH OTHER'S FOOT. READY TO TALK ABOUT LMB? AT A HIGH LEVEL? REALLY, TONIGHT, IS DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PROCEED, DEPENDING ON THE DECISION ON BASE BID OPTION, OPTION ONE, OPTION TWO, THAT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED TO TRY TO ALLOCATE IN BUDGET. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I WILL TACK ON THE LAST PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE GRANT WOULD ALSO TELL US HOW MUCH WE NEED TO TRY TO FIND IN THE BUDGET OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BASICALLY. >> 220? BOTH FOR 220 IN THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, TWO SEPARATE PURPOSES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS AND WE HAVE TO DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. >> IS THERE A MOBILITY FEE AVAILABLE FOR EITHER THE PROJECTS? >> MOBILITY FEES HAVE ALREADY [01:00:12] BEEN ALLOCATED TO SAID PROJECTS. THE NEXT THING WOULD BE TO DO A MOBILITY FEE TRANSFER BETWEEN ONE DISTRICT AND ANOTHER UNDER THE ORDINANCE. >> THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TO THAT. >> IT WOULD BE FROM THE OAK LEAF DISTRICT TO THE LAKESIDE DISTRICT COURTNEY FOR SPECIFICS ON THAT. >> YEAH, THE MOBILITY FEE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT, HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. THERE IS A THREE OR FOUR STEP PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION AND THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL HELP TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT. >> AND THEN A LIMITATION ON 50% OF THE VALUE THERE? RIGHT. SO FROM WHAT YOU CAN BORROW FROM THE OTHER DISTRICT, YOU CAN ONLY PUT 50% OF THAT IN. >> SO IF YOU HAVE 3 MILLION, 4 MILLION OR 5 MILLION AVAILABLE, YOU PUT IN 2 1/2. WHAT WE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY WITH STAFF IS , THE CREDIT, THE HIGH NUMBER OF CREDIT IN THAT DISTRICT, YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE A LOT OF NEW MOBILITY FEE REVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THAT DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE. >> WE UNDERSTAND. >> IF YOU TAKE MONEY OUT OF THAT DISTRICT, THERE IS PROBABLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE DISTRICT, OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL, DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF CREDITS. >> >> THE ONE ISSUE I KNOW OFF IS THE REST OF 220. THE PIECE OF 220 -- >> THEREABOUTS. >> THE PIECES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE PHASES ARE IN THE INTERSECTION. AGAIN, IT IS A BOARD DECISION. THE OTHER OPTIONS , IF WE CAN GO OVER THE OTHER OPTIONS -- >> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU SAID BORROWING -- >> IT IS NOT BORROWING. >> I SAID BORROWING. >> I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. >> YOU COULD PUT A RESTRICTION ON THERE. ONE DISTRICT ALL OF A SUDDEN COULD HAVE MONEY. THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE, OF COURSE, TO DELAY PROJECTS AND USE THE FUNDING FOR OTHER PURPOSES OR THE THIRD OPTION, THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR WOULD BE TO FURTHER THAT CONVERSATION ON POTENTIALLY USING THE FINANCING AND WE COULD DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE FINANCIAL TEAM COULD LOOK AT THE VIABILITY OF THAT. THAT IS AN OPTION YOU HAVE THERE, AS WELL. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE BEGAN. >> MR. CHAIR? AS FAR AS FINANCING, YOU ARE REFERRING TO TAKING MONEY FROM WHAT WE WOULD USE FOR THE FIRE STATIONS FOR THE PROJECTS AND THEN REIMBURSE THE FIRE STATIONS, CORRECT? THAT IS THE OPTION I THINK YOU ARE BRIEFED ON. THE MOST VIABLE FINANCING OPTIONS TO FINANCE A PHYSICAL BUILDING BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING, IF YOU DON'T PAY, THEY CAN REPOSSESS IT. THAT IS WHAT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AT A HIGH LEVEL, RECOMMENDED PENDING FURTHER ANALYSIS. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED DIRECTION FOR THE BOARD TO PURSUE THAT. THAT WOULD BE OUR OPTION, FINANCE THE FIRE STATIONS, TAKE THE MONEY YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT ON FIRE STATIONS AND PUT IT TO THOSE PROJECTS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ENGINEER. RICHER, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS ON BOTH PROJECTS . I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY MOVEMENT WITH GEMINI AND FDOT ON OUR AGREEMENTS, I KNOW THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, THIS GRANT HAS BEEN HANGING OUT THERE QUITE A WHILE, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SEEN OTHER PROJECTS AND NOW WE ARE SEEK OUT THIS ONE, THE COST IS HIGHER THAN WHEN WE FIRST , YOU KNOW, APPLIED FOR THE GRANT AND THAT KIND OF THING. ARE WE SEEING ANY MOVEMENT ON OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THEY ARE HELPING OUT WITH THE GAP? >> ONE THAT IS CURRENT IS THE SMALL SIDEWALK PROJECT ON 218. WE ARE ABOUT $350,000 SHORT ON [01:05:02] THAT. WE BASICALLY DID A 50-50 GRANT. THEY HELPED US OUT ON THAT. THAT WAS MORE DOLLARS, OF COURSE. THE REASON , YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING UP, THIS SAYS THAT POOR ENGINEERING, POOR DESIGN, THIS IS BASED ON 2017. SOMETIME AROUND THAT TIME FRAME. WE ARE LOOKING SEVEN YEARS AHEAD. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 95% ? IT IS PROBABLY CORRECT. NO MISTAKES WERE MADE , BUDGET -WISE OR DESIGNWISE. IT IS JUST ECONOMICS , PURE AND SIMPLE. THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE. WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON THAT. WE HAVE SOME AVENUES IN DISTRICT 2, TPO AND GEMINI AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS NOT JUST, THE OTHER OPTION THAT TROY LIKES IS, WE COULD MAKE THIS WORK HERE, WE HIT THEM UP REALLY HARD, LET'S TAKE THIS WESTWARD AND GO ALL THE WAY OUT. THAT IS PART OF THEIR OVERALL PLANNING TO CONNECT STATE ROUTE 15, U.S. 17 IT IS THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT IN THE REGION. FROM THEIR STANDPOINT. >> I CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT. CHARLIE AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS TODAY. WITH OUR FIRM ABOUT THAT EXACT QUESTION. AND WHAT WAS KIND OF TOLD TO US IS THAT D.O.T. HAS A MAJOR BACKLOG AND PROJECTS ARE MEETING THE SAME CRITERIA SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF WHEN YOU GET AN ADJUSTMENT FOR CURRENT PROJECT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. EITHER IN FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS OR AS ALLUDED TO, THE PROJECT LIKE WE WILL HAVE ON THE REST OF 222 AFTER SO THE OTHER FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY GIVES US ROOM. THAT IS WE WILL HAVE SOME TRACTION GOING FORWARD ON PROJECTS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS SHELF READY, READY TO GO, IT IS PERMITTED, TURNKEY . THIS ONE, A FORTUNE, WITH THE TIMELINE WE HAVE, WE COULD NEGOTIATE WITH D.O.T., BUT, I MEAN, YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE BID SO YOU ARE RUNNING THE RISK OF THE TIMELINE, UNFORTUNATELY. >> DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE THAT THE SPENDING OF FUNDS PROBABLY WON'T BE UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? >> I WILL DEFER TO LEGAL ON THAT POLICY. I DON'T KNOW. YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY BUDGETED BEFORE YOU DO A PROCUREMENT. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT, THERE MIGHT BE A PROVISION IN STATE POLICY WE CAN USE TO ANALYZE IT. >> RICHER, ON PROJECT ONE, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? >> THE DESCRIPTION , WE DON'T NEED A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER. THE INTERSECTION PORTION OF MIMOSA IS REALLY ANOTHER PROJECT IN ITSELF IN THAT IT IS NOT A CONTINUATION OF A LANE. IT IS TAPERED DOWN TO TWO LANES IN THAT SECTION FOR ABOUT 12,000 FEET AND THEN YOU WIDEN BACK OUT TO THE MIMOSA INTERSECTION. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT INTERSECTION OPERATING AT A HIGH LEVEL. IT IS NOT A CONGESTED AREA AT THIS TIME, AT ALL. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT. THE SIDEWALK, WE HAVE HAD SOME PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS OUT THERE. I CAN REMEMBER WATCHING A NEWSCAST WITH SOMEBODY COMPLAINING AND SOMEBODY SAID YOU CAN'T EVEN WALK ON 218 ANYMORE. I WALK THE MIDDLE OF THAT ROAD. PEOPLE TRY TO STOP . THAT SIDEWALK, I DEFER TO CARLOS, ISN'T THAT A MULTIUSE TRAIL SIDEWALK OR JUST A REGULAR SIDEWALK? IT IS A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK. IT WILL CONNECT, IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY CONNECT LANDON BOULEVARD THROUGH THE PARK ALL THE WAY TO COSMOS. THEN THERE WOULD BE A SECTION UP TO COSMOS TO CARTER SPENCER THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET TAKEN CARE OF. CARTER SPENCER, YOU GO UP TO BLUE JAY , WHICH [01:10:09] INCLUDES THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, A VERY NICE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION. THE OTHER THING IS, THE SIDEWALK IS DESIGNED AND WILL BE LOCATED AND NOT BE TORN OUT. THIS IS A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR WHEN 218 IS BACK . MAYBE A SMALL SECTION AROUND MIMOSA WILL NEED TO BE RE-ADJUSTED BUT THE BULK OF IT WILL BE HERE, THIS IS WHERE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN. WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH OPTION WE WILL ADD. >> A QUESTION, MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD. I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR SUGGESTIONS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SHOE THAT DROPS? RECOMMENDATIONS? WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? IT WILL BE THE SAME THING. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE FUNDS AVAILABLE. YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT YOUR SIDEWALK FUND, YOUR APF FUND, YOUR MOBILITY FEES, MY MIND JUST WENT BLANK. >> THAT IS AN AREA OF INCOME. >> WE COULD TAKE THAT MONEY AND SAY THE SIDEWALK LEVELS, ALL OF THOSE ARE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. THE BUDGET TEAM IS WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, COBBLE TOGETHER BUT BASICALLY TAKE 100,000 A YEAR, 500,000 A YEAR TO TRY TO MAKE WHATEVER WORK. THEY ARE JUST WAITING ON THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. >> AFTER I TALKED TO RICHARD TODAY, I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM A JACKSONVILLE FIREFIGHTER WHO LIVES THERE AND HE WAS ASKING ME ABOUT, HE IS LEADING THE EFFORT FOR THE SIDEWALK AT BLUE JAY TO CONNECT THE SCHOOL. PARENTS OUT THERE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS RIDING BIKES AND WALKING TO SCHOOL. THEY WANT THEM SAFE. WE HAVE HAD FOUR PEDESTRIAN DEATHS ON 218 SO IT IS AN ISSUE. YOU KNOW, IT IS A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO DO IT AS PART OF THIS OR CAN WE LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK PART IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? OR DOES IT REALLY MATTER? I DON'T KNOW . I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS. AS Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY AT PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, 218 IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS OF NEED , EVEN PRIOR TO MY TIME ON THE BOARD. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST PROJECT BUT IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED AND IRONICALLY, ANDERSON COLUMBIA WOULD NOT HONOR THAT. IT IS AN AREA OF REAL NEED. THERE ARE HOW MANY, PROBABLY ABOUT 40,000 CARS THAT TRAVEL THIS AREA COMMUTING AND WHEN THERE IS AN ACCIDENT IN THIS SITUATION, THERE IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION TO GET AROUND IT. ESPECIALLY NOT RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER SUBJECT FOR ANOTHER ITEM. >> I THINK IT WAS ED THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT 1.4 FROM 220 TO GO TO THAT PROJECT. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> YES, WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO, THE REVENUE STREAMS ON THE PROGRAM AND WHAT WE WOULD DO INSTEAD OF USING THE BOND FUNDS, WE WOULD USE THE MOBILITY FEES. IT IS SOMEWHAT SWITCHING WHAT WE WOULD SPEND ON PROJECT FIVE INSTEAD OF THE BOND AND MOBILITY FEES FOR THE AREA AND THEN BASICALLY THE PROJECTS . >> YOU ARE ALSO REDUCING THE CURRENT SCOPE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. UTILITY RELOCATION THINGS LIKE THAT NEED TO BE DONE. >> THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO DO THIS? >> I WOULD SAY WE WOULD NEED TO ANALYZE TO MAKE SURE THE TIMELINE FOR EACH OF THE FUNDING STREAMS WE HAVE ALSO HAVE TIMELINES TIED TO THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD AND SIT WITH THEM AND REALLY GO THROUGH THIS TIMELINE AND THIS TIMELINE WE THINK THERE IS. UNTIL WE PUT IT ON PAPER, I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES, THIS IS DEFINITIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE A [01:15:01] FEW TIMELINES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MEET ALL THE OBLIGATIONS, THE IMPACT FEE OBLIGATION, THERE IS AN EXPIRING TIMELINE. SAYING, SINCE THEY REOPENED IT, WE LOOKED AT IT AND INAUDIBLE ] AND WE START THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THEY ONLY GAVE US TWO OR THREE DAYS IN I THE DIRECTION. REALISTICALLY, OUR RECOMMENDATION OR ASK OF THE DAY IS TO CONSIDER AT A MENTAL, THE 1.4 SHORTAGE. THAT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OMB ON THAT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO SAY HERE IS WHAT WE DID AND LOOK AT IT AND HERE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS OF THE PROGRAM VERSUS THE EXPENSES AND THE APPROVAL OF THAT. THE SECOND QUESTION, DO YOU WANT TROY TO LOOK AT IT AND COME UP WITH MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL OPTION TWO? OR DID YOU WANT TO INCLUDE OPTION ONE AND WHAT I HEAR RICHARD SAY, YOU WOULD GET A BIG BANG FOR YOUR BUCK FOR THE OPTION WITH 1.4 SHORT. BRING THAT BACK. DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FOUND, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR FIND ANOTHER MILLION WERE TO AGREE TO ADJUST THE PLAN ACCORDINGLY, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH ANDERSON COLUMBIA. MILLION WE HAVE IN BOND FUNDS, THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO RECOUP THAT , BASED ON HAVING THE FUNDS BY MARCH 2025, 15 MONTHS FROM NOW TO GO OUT AND SAY LET'S REDESIGN SOMETHING ELSE , YOU KNOW? >> SO, WHAT IS BEFORE US, WE WANT TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON THIS PROJECT WITH OPTIONS. I THINK THE ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION OF OPTION TWO, TROY AND OMB TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE MONEY. WE NEED TO DECIDE IF THIS IS A BASE BID OR OPTION TWO. >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR RICHARD. SO, UNDER OPTION TWO, MAYBE CARLOS, YOU OR JOSH COULD SPEAK TO THIS, AS WELL. IF WE BID THAT PROJECT OUT WITHOUT THE OVERALL PROJECT, WOULD IT COME IN AT $1 MILLION OR WOULD IT BE LAST? >> UM, EXCUSE ME. WHEN WE VALIDATED THE SIDEWALK, WE INCLUDED CAN SEE WATSON AT 835. >> I GUESS, IF I MAY, THANK YOU, FOR THE SIDEWALK OPTION ON HERE, IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ADD IT AT THIS TIME, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE PUT IT WITH ANDERSON COLUMBIA AND ASKED THEM TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR PRICE FIRM, IF THEY WILL HONOR THAT PRICE. SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE ABLE TO GET COOPERATION FROM TALLAHASSEE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THAT SIDEWALK IN AND INSTALL THAT. THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION AND PUTTING THAT AGREEMENT TOGETHER, 17.1 AND IF ADDITIONAL MONIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ADD THAT ADJUSTMENT. I AM SORRY, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PERCENTAGE THAT COULD HAPPEN A YEAR FROM NOW . MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THEY COULD DO. I WOULD TRY TO WORK THAT IN THE AGREEMENT. >> MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD? HAVE YOU DECIDED TO PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS? FUNDING THE FIREHOUSES? I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WOULD TALK TO THE FINANCE FOLKS. THE PROCESS IS WE ARE LOOKING AT MAY FOR THE GRANT, IN TERMS OF THE 8 MILLION? INAUDIBLE ] >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT BID OUT [01:20:02] . SPLIT YOU CAN'T BID IT UNTIL >> THERE IS SOME WAY TO WORK AROUND THAT. >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION , DEPENDING ON THE ROUTE FOR FINANCING, THERE IS BANK LOAN VERSUS BOND, THE BIGGEST TERM WAS PROBABLY 90 DAYS. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SIT WITH THIS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO DO THAT. THE GOOD THING, IN TALKING TO PFM, EVEN IF YOU ALREADY STARTED, LET'S SAY YOU START A FIRE STATION AND YOU ARE $1 MILLION INTO IT, YOU CAN STILL GET MONEY OUT OF THE FINANCING. IT IS NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT MILLION SHORTFALL YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT ALLOWS US TO BED WITHOUT FUNDING QUESTION. >> TO SOME EXTENT. I AM NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE GOING OUT AFTER BIDS IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS PROCESSIS TOGETHER AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SHORE IT UP. BE ABLE TO AT LEAST COMPLETE THE BASE BID, 1.4, SO THE SIDEWALK, IT BURNS ME IT COMES FROM COUNTY ROAD 220 AND THAT PROJECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT DRIVE ON TO 18, IT IS PRETTY CLOSE, 220 IS USED EVERY DAY. SO, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, FOR US TO BE TO CAPTURE , WHAT WAS IT, 11.6 MILLION FROM THE STATE, WE NEED ANOTHER 8 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT. I KNOW IT IS NOT THE PERFECT SOLUTION. WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT HOW HENLEY HAS FOUR LANES, TWO LANES SORT OF WORK BUT LET'S SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD NOT FINANCE THE FIRE STATIONS, THAT GIVES US ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO FINISH 220 FROM KNIGHT BOXX AND BLACK CREEK BRIDGE JUST SHORT OF HENLEY . WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE LEFT AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN HANDLE THAT FINANCING. IS IT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO IT? UP HERE BEFORE , TRYING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AND IT WASN'T THAT EASY. LET'S NOT DREDGE UP ANYTHING ELSE. ESPECIALLY WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY SORT OF BAKED IN. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE . I WANT TO SEE THAT SIDEWALK COME TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE GRANT. THAT IS 26 MILLION. I THINK, WHAT I HAVE SEEN AS IT RELATES TO THE TPO, THE TPO WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR US TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY. MAYBE I AM WRONG ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ATTITUDE IS THERE. >> IT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PROJECT. LAST WEEK 'S BOARD MEETING, I THINK IT WAS THURSDAY, WE HAVE COPIES OF THAT LIST, WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO YOU. IT IS NOT BID ON YET AND WE WON'T UNTIL THE APRIL BOARD MEETING. AS ALWAYS, YOU ARE ON THE LIST. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. JEFF STRESSES THAT IF YOU ARE ON THAT LAST, D.O.T., DEPENDING ON WHERE THE MONEY IS, ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU FIT IN THE PRIORITY SITUATION AND AS YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST TERM, THE LAST MEETING, THE FIVE BIRDS WE PUT ON THE MAG WERE ALL RECOMMENDED, BASED ON D.O.T., AS WELL AS WE HAVE A LIST OF STUDIES WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO. I STRESSED AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK THAT IF WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, OUR NUMBER ONE IS THIS. IT IS FUNNY, THEY COME BACK AROUND SO THE MAYOR OF ST. AUGUSTINE WAS [01:25:06] LOBBYING FOR IT. I THINK SHE SERVED ON THE BOARD INAUDIBLE ] SO SHE HAS BEEN CHIMING IN AND STRESSED HOW HELPFUL IT IS TO THE WHOLE AREA . WE HAD SEVERAL IN DUVAL COUNTY. I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL HAVE TO PICK OTHER STUDIES, BUT COMMISSIONER BURKE AND I TRY TO ADVOCATE SOME, HE SAID, NOW HE DID SAY IT WAS THENUMBER ONE PROJECT AND THEY WANT TO SEE 220 DONE. I THINK RICHARD'S WORDS TO ME AND I TEND TO AGREE, THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON 220 AND I APPRECIATE THAT. $8 MILLION AND $20 MILLION IS A DIFFERENCE. >> I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM UTILIZE IT. AT LEAST, FROM MY STANDPOINT, WE SHOULD GO AFTER THE SIDEWALK THERE AND DO THOSE FINANCE PACKAGES WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE FIREHOUSES AND THE OTHER THINGS ON THERE AND COME BACK WITH AN IDEA IN TERMS OF MONEY LEFT THAT WE COULD USE IT IS ENOUGH AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND THE REST OF THAT ROAD UNLESS EVERYBODY MAKES IT THEIR TOP PRIORITY. DIRECTION. >> ALL RIGHT. >> A RECOMMENDATION OR A CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD? >> ON THE DIRECTION FOR THIS, I THINK YOU HAVE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT . AS FAR AS THE BONDED ROAD AND US FINDING FUNDING, I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS , CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, IT IS TRYING TO FIND THE MONEY TO COMPLETE THE 218 PROJECT BASE BID, LOOK FOR MONEY FOR THE SIDEWALK OPTION TWO ON BONDED ROAD AND THEN BRING BACK A FINANCING PROPOSAL, HAVE JEREMY DO A FINAL AND FORMAL PRESENTATION ON FINANCES. IS THAT THE >> THERE ARE NUMEROUS AGREEMENTS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO . >> MOTION? I MADE A MOTION FOR ITEM 13 . >> SECOND. >> OKAY. >> MOTION AND SECOND IT FOR ITEM 13. A DISCUSSION ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR. RICHARD SAID THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS AWARDED IN 2017. THAT MONEY HAS NOT BEEN SITTING THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THE NUMBER WE ARE WORKING OFF OF, THE ESTIMATE , YOU ARE WORKING OFF OF $2017 FIGURES IN 2024. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED , THE TRANSPORTATION BOND PROJECT, THERE IS AN EXAMPLE. 1.89 DID EVERYTHING WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD DO IN 20 $17 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 2024 THAT IS MILLIONS IN DIFFERENT DOLLARS. THAT RATCHETED UP. >> THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 60% OF THE PROJECT FUNDING. ROUGH MEMBERS, 12 MILLION IS ABOUT 60% AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU, TROY. >> THE GROCERY CART AFFECTS EVERYTHING YOU BUY. ALL RIGHT. THAT FINISHES UP THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOW OVER TO NUMBER 20, IS THAT CORRECT? BUSINESS? [23.  Final Public Hearing to consider ZON 24-0002. (B. Carson)] NUMBER 23. OKAY. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGE. MET WE DID 22. [01:30:06] >> SORRY, YOU CAUGHT ME NAPPING. >> THIS IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF ZONING 24-0002. THIS IS A COUNTY INITIATED STANDARD. THIS IS FOR ARTICLE 8 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO DESIGN IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS. IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE FEBRUARY 6 MEETING. THE ACTUAL CHANGE TO THE CODE IS AS FOLLOWS. FIRE PROTECTION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CURRENT ADOPTED EDITION OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE, CHAPTER 633 FLORIDA STATUTE AND TWO, THE STANDARD FOR FIRE PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT IN WILDLAND, RURAL AND SUBURBAN AREAS, 2017 EDITION, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, SUBSECTIONS 8.1.2 AND 8.1.3. WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. THERE WAS A VOTE OF 6-0 TO RECOMMEND. THERE IS ACTUAL EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, THE FIRE CODE, A REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE . >> WE NEED THE INTERPRETATION IN ENGLISH. >> DON'T READ THE WHOLE BOOK. >> I AM THE FIRE CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AS BETH DESCRIBED BRIEFLY, THIS IS REALLY A CLEANUP. WE HAVE DOING -- BEEN DOING OTHER CLEANNESS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 18TH EDITION OF THE HANDBOOK, THAT WAS AUTHORED IN 1997. IT DOES SAY THAT UPDATED ELEMENTS, AS IT COMES ALONG, CAN BE UTILIZED. WE HAVE UTILIZE THAT IN THE PAST. I ASKED STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. CHIEF ROSEN BARRY AND THE PLANNING STAFF CAME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO MODIFY THIS. I THINK IT IS A COMMON SENSE THING, INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH A BOOK THAT HAS MULTIPLE THINGS IN THERE THAT WILL NOT APPLY TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. HE REFERENCED FIRST THE FLORIDA STATUTES AND THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE IS THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK TO AND TO ASSIST IN THAT ADDITION WE GO TO 1141, WHICH ESSENTIALLY HAS FIRE PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL, SUBURBAN AREAS IN WILDLAND AREAS WHICH BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. WE DID EXEMPT THE TWO SECTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT, ONE IS THE 8.12. IT WOULD CALL FOR THE USE OF FIRE SPRINKLERS IN ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. WE FELT THAT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR, OBVIOUSLY. WE WOULD PREFER, INSTEAD , IN THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE FOR THAT. SECONDLY, A .13 REFERS TO THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS IN RESIDENCES AND OCCUPANCIES. WE REMOVE THAT SO WE COULD REFER BACK TO IT IN THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CO. WE THINK IT IS REASONABLE AND SOMETHING WE CAN UTILIZE. THERE IS A LOT OF MATERIAL OUT THAT WE WEREN'T USING. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A REASONABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR LORIN MOCK? GO AHEAD. >> I DID WANT TO SHARE, THANK YOU FOR THI. IT CAME UP LAST YEAR IN MY DISTRICT. THERE WAS CANDIDLY, I KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T MAKING SENSE FOR ME AND SOME OF THE ISSUES WE WERE FACING WITH THAT PROJECT AND I REMEMBER YOU VERY SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THOSE INCONSISTENCIES AND SAYING THAT WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS. SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS ADJUSTMENT. IT GAVE ME SOME HEARTBURN BEFORE. >> I UNDERSTAND. WE WOULD AGREE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. >> ME I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. >> THE MOTION IS APPROVED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? [01:35:07] >> AYE. >> SEEING NONE AND HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE MOTION IS PASSED. G WANT TO DO THIS WEARING IN RIGHT NOW? >> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY FOR THAT. >> THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE. ITEM [24.  First Public Hearing to consider Transmittal of COMP-24-0003 (Transportation Element) (D. Selig)] NUMBER 24, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING , TRANSPORTATION , TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT. >> WE HAVE CONTINUED THREE ITEMS ALL RELATED TO THE MAY MEETING. THIS ITEM WAS ADVERTISED FOR THIS EVENING BUT WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY ON CONTINUING AND WE CAN ASK LEGAL IF WE WILL CONTINUE TO A DATE CERTAIN OR WILL WE RE-ADVERTISE? >> WE WILL BE, I THINK WE WILL WE ADVERTISE, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SAY WE WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE MAY MEETING. >> SINCE WE ADVERTISE THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE. HEARING ON THIS REGULATION , DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THAT? HEARING NONE, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL TAKE A MOTION, I THINK WE ARE MOVING TO CONTINUE, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. IT IS JUST A FORMALITY, BUT LET'S JUST SAY, YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO THE FIRST MEETING? I THINK IT HAS TO BE THE SECOND MEETING. >> WELL, THIS WAS THE COMP PLAN FOR SPLITTING THEM BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING THE COMP PLAN BACK. LET'S DO MAY 14TH. >> OKAY. >> MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL MAY 14TH. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE MAY 14TH MEETING. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. [25.  Public Hearing on an Ordinance amending Article X of Chapter 12 of the Clay County Code, Event Permit, to amend Sec. 12-181. Definitions to Add a Definition of Ready-to-Drink Beverage; to amend Sec. 12-195(2)(c). Events Involving Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on County-owned Property to include Ready-to-Drink Beverages in certain circumstances; providing for severability; and providing an effective date (C. Grimm)] >> IT PASSES. >> AM -- ITEM NUMBER 25, ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE CLAY COUNTY CODE TO EVENT PERMIT, TO AMEND SECTION 12 AND ITS DEFINITION OF READY TO DRINK BEVERAGES. >> I CAN KICK IT OFF . >> GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE. IN CONNECTION WITH THAT FOR EVENTS HELD AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. SO CURRENTLY, IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE EVENT THAT HAS MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE OR IF IT IS A PUBLIC FUNCTION, THEN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ONLY PROVIDES FOR BEER AND WINE TO BE SOLD AND CONSUMED ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE HAVE REALIZED THAT RECENTLY THE READY TO DRINK BEVERAGES, THAT THEY ARE SORT OF A NEW THING. THEY ARE PREPACKAGED. THEY COME IN SINGLESERVE CANS AND BOTTLES OR BOXES AND, BASED ON THEIR ALCOHOL VOLUME, THEY ARE BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT TO AND SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN LESS THAN BEER AND WINE. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY SUNFLOWER EVENTS WHETHER WE COULD PROVIDE FOR THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO BE SERVED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. IF YOU HAD A PRIVATE EVENT THAT WAS LESS THAN 500, YOU COULD HAVE ANY KIND OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM. THIS IS REALLY JUST TO OPEN IT UP FOR INSTANCES WHEN IT IS A PRIVATE EVENT WITH MORE THAN 500 OR A PUBLIC EVENT. SO THAT IS THE REVISION WE HAVE FOR YOU ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I NOTICED THERE HAD TO BE AN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION. THIS IS A CHANGE THAT REQUIRES A BUSINESS IMPACT. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY WOULD DECIDE TO RESEND THIS? I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE BUT THAT WOULD IMPACT -- >> IT WOULD BE THE REVERSE. >> FUTURE EVENTS IF THE FUTURE COMMISSION DECIDED TO REVERSE THIS. >> IF A FUTURE COMMISSION WANTED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND ELIMINATE ALCOHOL, BEER OR READY TO DRINK, IF THE BUSINESS IMPACTS, IF YOU REVIEWED IT, [01:40:09] WE FELT THIS WOULD BE POSITIVE FOR EVENTS THAT WERE USING THE FAIRGROUNDS, AS WELL AS BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THAT IF THEY WERE TO RESEND IT, IT WOULD BE THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. >> FOR SOME REASON, YOU WERE SUED FOR SOME REASON UNDER THE NEW STATUTE AND IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SOME IMPACT PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY WITH. >> THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ISSUE. I HAVE NO CARDS. AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE, C9, HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? THERE IS A PARTY OUT THERE THAT WILL BE USING THIS . DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS A GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE THE SCOTTISH GAMES, POSSIBLY CORNHOLE AND OTHER THINGS, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE, I GUESS THE DISTRIBUTORS OF THESE BEVERAGES. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED BEER AND WIN. THIS IS LESS ALCOHOL CONTENT. I DON'T HAVE -- >> MY ANALYSIS IS IT IS RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO. IN GENERAL, IT IS KIND OF RIGHT IN BETWEEN. >> IT IS KIND OF TRENDING. WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THE MOST POPULAR BRANDS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW , I FEEL LIKE I MUST BE OLD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. AT ANY RATE, THAT IS OKAY, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS. LIKE I SAID, IT IS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. THE VENDORS ARE ASKING FOR THIS. I THINK IT STILL HAS TO BE THE SAME CONTROLS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE. THE SERVICE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE CONTROLLED AREA AND, YOU KNOW, SECURITY PRESENCE AND , CERTAINLY, CUTTING OFF SERVING . I DON'T KNOW. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONTROLS WE COULD PUT ON IT WITHOUT RESENDING WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE? >> MR. CHAIR, YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD SORT OF WRAP THAT UP IN THE SENSE WE SORT OF TIPTOED WITH THE BEER AND WINE AND WE SHOULD EXPAND IT. IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THE SCOTCH GAMES. THEY HAVE BEEN THE PIONEERS IN MOVING US FORWARD IN THIS AREA. THE EVENTS OUT THERE ARE BECOMING MORE COMMONPLACE. WE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER AT ANY OF THEM. WE HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THEN ACTUAL ALCOHOL. THEY ARE SELLING HARDER STUFF AT CONVENIENCE STORES NEARBY RIGHT NOW THEY DO HALF , NOT THAT I TESTED IT, BUT I LOOKED AT THE INGREDIENTS, THEY DO HAVE A LESSER PERCENTAGE OF SOME WINDS, ACTUALLY. I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TIED DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T AFFORD THESE PARTICULAR GROUPS, AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, FOR 500 PRIVATE GROUPS AND PUBLIC EVENTS, TAKING THAT WITH PERMITTING AND THE OTHER THINGS SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD . WE CAN DIP OUR TOE IN THE WATER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND ACTUALLY ENHANCES, I THINK, THE ABILITY FOR THESE GROUPS. MOST OF THEM ARE IN A NONPROFIT KIND OF VEIN IN THE COUNTY. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HEAR A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE. THIS IS FOR THE EVENT PERMIT , ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [26.  Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for the Bonded Transportation Program, more particularly described as a portion of Tax Parcel No. 32-05-26-020981-001-01, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (C. Grimm/E. Dendor)] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> IT PASSES FORWARD. ITEM NUMBER 26, PUBLIC HEARING FOR [01:45:08] THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ENTRY INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE COUNTY OF REAL PROPERTY. >> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND THE CHAIRMAN. ITEM NUMBER 26 REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER. THAT ACQUISITION IS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOND TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. IT IS FOR ABOUT 1100 SQUARE FEET IN A SMALL, TRIANGULATED SHAPE. >> ALL RIGHT. FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I WILL MOTION APPROVAL. >> SECOND. [27.  Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for the Bonded Transportation Program, more particularly described as a portion of Tax Parcel No. 32-05-26-021233-000-00, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (C. Grimm/E. Dendor)] >> AYE. >> THANK YOU. IT PASSES . ITEM NUMBER 27. BONDED TRANSPORTATION. >> THANK YOU. I AM THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE YOU ON ITEM NUMBER 27, AGAIN, REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ENTRY INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE PROPERTY OF REAL PROPERTY NECESSARY FOR THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. THIS PARTIAL COUNTY ROAD 315. JUST FOR REFERENCE, IT IS ABOUT 900 SQUARE FEET, A VERY LONG SHAPE, ABOUT 28 FEET WIDE ON COUNTY ROAD 315. THE SALE PRICE IS $260,000. BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYONE? HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. MOTION TO APPROVE? ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [28.  Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for future Public Safety facilities, more particularly described as Tax Parcel No. 16-06-25-021733-001-03, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (C. Risinger/C. Grimm)] SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> IT PASSES. ON TO NUMBER 28. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AND HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. >> CONTINUE. NUMBER 28. >> NUMBER 28 IS A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT . >> YES. WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST MOVEMENT TO THE FEBRUARY 27TH MEETING AS ADVERTISING JUST OPENED. >> I HAVE NO CARDS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 28. THAT IS THE PURCHASE OF SALE AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE BY THE COUNTY OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE MOVED TO THE POOR'S MEETING ON FEBRUARY 27. HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, CONTINUED UNTIL FEBRUARY 27. >>> WE WILL CONTINUE THAT UNTIL THE 27TH. >> SECOND. >> MOTION CARRIES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [20.  Agreement for Residential Curbside Collection Services with FCC Environmental Services Florida, LLC (M. Towns)] >> AYE. SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, THIS PASSES. >> NOW, 29. -- ITEM NUMBER 20 , OLD BUSINESS. RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE COLLECTION. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, TERESA. BEFORE US IS THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION AGREEMENT WITH FCC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. THIS IS THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND EXECUTION . WE WILL SAY THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF FCC ARE HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, THEY CAN ANSWER THEM. SO BRIEFLY, THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT, WHAT IS [01:50:04] TERMED AS STANDARD SERVICES FOR TIMELY GARBAGE COLLECTION, THIS WILL BE A 95 GALLON CART WITH AN ATTACHED LID THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH HOME BY THE COUNTY. THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE AUTOMATIC OR SEMIAUTOMATIC TRUCKS. PRIMARILY, MOST OF IT IS DONE BY AUTOMATED CARTS , THE ARM AND CLAW OF THE TRUCK. THAT AREA, PARTICULARLY THE PUMP TRUCK ROUTES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THAT SIDE OF THE TRUCK, THEY COULD USE A TEMPORARY ON THE BACK OF THE REAR LOADER. THEY COULD MANUALLY ATTACH THE CART AND CYCLE IT TO DUMP. IT WOULD BE ONE TIME A WEEK FOR TRASH WITH A THREE CART LIMIT. THREE CUBIC YARDS IS EQUIVALENT TO THREE STOVES OR WASHING MACHINES SITTING BESIDE EACH OTHER. THAT IS ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THREE CUBIC YARDS. THE BULK COLLECTION, WHICH IS FURNITURE, APPLIANCES AND OTHER LARGE, BULKY ITEMS, WILL BE ONE TIME A MONTH. WE HAVE A SCHEDULED SERVICE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A CALL FOR APPLIANCES BUT NOT OF THE BULK AND FURNITURE BECAUSE THE AUTOMATED SIDE OF THE TRUCKS CANNOT PICK UP BULK. SO WE HAVE THE RESIDENTS CALL IN TO SCHEDULE FOR BULK ITEMS AND THEY ARE COLLECTED . IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SPECIAL SERVICES, FEE-BASED SERVICES, MEETING THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES WOULD BE PAID BY THE CUSTOMER AND USED AS ADDITIONAL SERVICES. THAT WOULD BE OVERFLOW , WHAT DOES NOT FIT IN THE CART COULD BE LEFT ON SIDE OF THE CART AND THE RESIDENT CAN PURCHASE A STICKER TO PLACE ON IT SO IT IS PREPAID. THAT IS THE COST FOR THE CREW TO HAVE TO STOP, GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, RELOAD THE CARD WITH THOSE BAGS AND GET BACK IN THE TRUCK AND DUMP THE CART A SECOND TIME. THAT IS ALSO THE COST OF THE STICKERS. THE OVERFLOW STICKERS ARE INTENDED FOR INFREQUENT USE. SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, MOST OFTEN IS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS OR SOMETHING. THERE IS A SPECIAL COLLECTION SERVICE, THIS IS FOR LARGE-VOLUME MATERIALS. IN THE CONTRACT IT IS PER CUBIC YARD COLLECTION. THE CUSTOMER COULD CONTACT US AND GET A PRICE AND IF THEY DECLINE THE PRICE , THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SERVICE BUT IF THEY ACCEPT IT, THEY CAN HAVE THE SERVICE DONE. IT IS HIGHER-LEVEL SERVICE, THE CONTRACTOR WOULD STOP, GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, WALK UP TO THE HOUSE, PULL THE CAR TO THE STREET, DUMP IT AND PUT THE CART BACK TO THE LOCATION NEXT TO THE HOUSE. THAT PREMIUM LEVEL OF SERVICE IS AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION. WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE SYDOR SERVICE . THERE IS A PROVISION FOR THOSE WHO ARE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED AND CANNOT TAKE THE CART TO THE STREET. WE CAN TAKE THE CART TO THE ROAD FOR COLLECTION AND MEET THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THAT SERVICE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AT AN ADDITIONAL COST . PROVISIONS FOR AN EXTRA CART , PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION AGREEMENT. THOSE WHO DID RECYCLE A LOT WILL SEE INCREASED VOLUME IN THEIR GARBAGE. IN THE CASE SOMEONE HABITUALLY HAS MORE GARBAGE THAN THEY CAN FIT IN A 95 GALLON CART, THERE WILL BE A PROVISION BY WHICH THEY COULD OBTAIN THE CART FOR THE COST OF THE CART FROM THE COUNTY AND SUBSCRIBE TO HAVE THE SECOND CART DON'T IN ADDITION TO THE PRIMARY CART. THE SPECIAL SERVICES ARE À LA CART AND [01:55:02] ARE MADE AVAILABLE. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PRICING TABLE FOR THESE SERVICES. WE PRESENTED THIS EARLIER , SOMETIME BACK. IT WAS IN DECEMBER WHEN IT WAS AWARDED TO FCC. THEY WERE THE LOWEST PRICE BIDDER ON THE SERVICES WE JUST DISCUSSED FOR GARBAGE, YARD TRASH, BOTH AND WHITE GOODS, AS WELL AS SPECIAL SERVICES. THE SERVICES ARE THOSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STICKER PROGRAM . THE BID RATE WAS $3.00. WE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM FOR THE EXTRA DOLL -- DOLLAR. THE FCC COMPLETELY RUNS THAT. OF THE STICKERS, THEY CAN SELL THEM BUT IF WE WANT TO SELL THEM AT OUR LOCATION, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING RETAILERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY GROCERY STORES AND THINGS MOST PEOPLE WILL VISIT TO MAKE THEM READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT EXTRA BIT IS ALSO TO ALLOW THOSE RETAILERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING PAID FOR THOSE ITEMS AND SELL THEM FOR US. >> NUMBER NINE AT THE BOTTOM , THE STORM DEBRIS, WE DID INCLUDE THE STORM DEBRIS AS A PRICING ITEM IN THE RFP . HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY IN THE EVENT OF A LOCALIZED STORM THAT DOES NOT MEET THE GUIDELINES TO BE DECLARED A DISASTER. WE NEGOTIATED COMPETITIVE RATES FOR HIRING EXTRA TRUCKS FROM FCC TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE . THAT WILL INCLUDE $200 AN HOUR FOR TRUCKS AND A BOOM OR CLAW TRUCK, THE OPERATOR AT $160 AN HOUR. THOSE RATES ARE EXPECTED. >> AND REPAIR OF THE CARTS, AFTER THE INITIAL CART DELIVERY PERIOD. WE NEGOTIATE WITH FCC TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE . THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO SO AT A RATE OF $.97 PER MONTH, THAT IS A LITTLE LESS THAN $12 PER YEAR. I THE OTHER ITEM OF NOTE I WANT TO BRING UP IS FCC DID AGREE TO A 6% CPI CAP. IF IT WERE THE CASE THAT CPI WERE 7%, OUR RATE INCREASE WOULD BE CAPPED AT 6%. THE CPI BEING USED WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT IS THE CPI FOR GARBAGE AND TRASH. THE ADVANTAGE TO USING THAT CPI TO THE STANDARD CPI YOU IS THE TRASH ALREADY INCLUDES FUEL COST. IN THIS AGREEMENT, WE HAVE CPIU A CPI ADJUSTMENT , BUT THERE IS NO SECOND FUEL ADJUSTMENT IN ADDITION. ESPECIALLY WITH THAT CAP, IT IS GOING TO MAKE BUDGETING , AS FAR AS ON OUR SIDE BEING ABLE TO PROJECT BUDGETS AND MAXIMUM EFFECTS ON COST INCREASES, AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT US GOING FORWARD IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL, WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL FUEL SURCHARGE AS A STANDALONE. AS YOU KNOW, FUEL MOVES QUICKLY AND IS VERY VOLATILE. IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO TRACK . WITH, COMMISSIONERS, UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO DISCUSS THE CART MAINTENANCE , I WILL AWAIT ON YOUR QUESTIONS. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE CART MAINTENANCE. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT SO. I ASKED MILTON AND CHARLIE IF THEY CAN [02:00:06] BRING US MORE INFORMATION ON THE CART MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. A LOT OF PROFIT MARGIN BUILT INTO CART MAINTENANCE THAT $.97 PER HOME -- YOU KNOW MY KEYSTONE MATH IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE, BUT I SAID, THAT'S ALMOST $75,000 A MONTH, JUST FOR CART MAINTENANCE. FOR THE FIRST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF CART MAINTENANCE. I WOULD IMAGINE THE FEW THAT ARE RUN OVER, OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BRAND-NEW. THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DURABLE. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LATEST AND GREATEST WAY OF TRASH MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY HAS GONE TO. I BALKED AT THE PRICE, BUT I ALSO THEN, SERIOUSLY ASKED MILTON AND CHARLIE IF THEY HAD DONE AN ANALYSIS, WOULD THERE BE A COST SAVINGS IF WE BROUGHT THIS IN HOUSE. ONE, TO PROVIDE CLAY COUNTY JOBS FOR -- THERE ARE FIVE JOBS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS. IT IS A COST SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW IT ONLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT A $15,000 YOUR COST SAVINGS, WE ALSO HAVE THE EXTRA IN THEIR, THE EXTRA CREW AND TRUCK NEEDED . TO HAVE TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR ESTIMATES. MATURED UNNECESSARILY AS NEEDED. AND THEN A CART MANAGEMENT DATABASE. I WOULD QUESTION TROY ON MY WORKDAY, WE BROUGHT THIS ENTERPRISE -- THIS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IS THERE NOT A WAY TO PUT THAT IN THERE. SOME OTHER FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS , USES THEIR DATABASE. IS THERE A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH IT ? I ASKED FOR THIS ANALYSIS SO WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION . BECAUSE IN MY MIND I WOULD RATHER PROVIDE CLAY COUNTY JOBS FOR CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS FIVE JOB . AT THE END OF THE COST SAVINGS TO OUR RESIDENTS. PROVIDING JOBS AND SAVINGS . I THINK EVERY LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS MATTERS. MY INCLINATION WOULD BE THAT , AND I WAS INTERESTED IN SEEING US MAKE A CHANGE. >> CONCERNING JOBS, I THINK THE JOBS ARE GOING TO BE UPSET IF THEY ARE NOT CLAY COUNTY EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE GOING TO BE CLAY COUNTY PEOPLE . >> OUR CURSED WASTE MANAGEMENT, I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. WHICH IS FINE. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE JOBS THERE. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF COUNTY JOBS. >> I JUST GOT THIS AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING, MAYBE NOT THAT FAR. DOES THIS INCLUDE RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND ALL OF THAT? THESE EMPLOYEES ARE 10 YEARS. ONE OR TWO OF THE FIVE ARE GOING TO RETIRE, MORE THAN LIKELY. DOES THIS EVALUATION -- >> THIS IS THE ANNUAL COST. THE COST FOR EMPLOYEES, THE FORMULA AND BRICK TOWN THAT WAS USED FOR THE THAT -- THAT HR PROVIDED FOR US. WHEN WE EXPANDED THE ECC, WITH REGARDING TO RECYCLING. I TOOK THAT SAME FORMULA FOR THOSE COSTS AND AN HOURLY RATE OF $17 AN HOUR. IT DOES INCLUDE BENEFITS , BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE , AND TROY CAN CORRECT ME, I DON'T THINK THAT INCLUDES POTENTIAL RETIREMENT IN THE FUTURE. >> PER THE CHAIR, WE DO NOT PAY RETIREMENT SEPARATELY. THAT IS PART OF THE BENEFIT PACKAGE. WE PAY OUR AS. >> HEALTHCARE? WE DON'T PAY ANYTHING FOR HEALTHCARE ? RETIREES? >> AS OF 2016, WHEN THE BOAR -- BOARD PAST THE AGREEMENT THAT WE NO LONGER SUBSIDIZE FOR EMPLOYEES BROUGHT ON AFTER THE -- AFTER 2016, NO, WE DON'T PAY ANYTHING FOR HEALTH RETIREMENT SERVICE. THAT'S THE RETIREES RESPONSIBILITY AFTER 2016. UNLESS YOU ARE TRANSFERRING IT, FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT INTO THIS POSITION, YEAH, YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE A COST. YOU HAVE THE COST NO MATTER IF IT'S IN THIS POSITION OR A DIFFERENT POSITION. >> HE SAID $17 AN HOUR, MILTON? SALARY OF 35,360 . WITH AN AVERAGE OVER TIME , FICA HEALTH [02:05:08] INSURANCE, LIFE, DENTAL , THE COUNTY'S COST WOULD BE $77,104. >> I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY WE ARE BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE. WE MAY BE HIGH ON THAT NUMBER. I THINK THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE POINT. >> IF I'M READINGTHIS CORRECTLY, TO CENTS A MONTH? >> BURKART. PER HOUSEHOLD. TO CENTS A MONTH. >> RIGHTS. SO THE DIFFERENCE , TRYING TO MATCH UP APPLES TO APPLES AS CLOSELY AS WE COULD WITH THE BREAKDOWN THAT FCC PROVIDED ON THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT IS THAT WE WOULD SAVE BETWEEN 14 AND 15,000 . TO THE COMMISSIONERS POINT, I THINK , IT IS GOOD TO UNDERSTAND. THIS CONTRACT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE STANDARD ARRANGEMENT, WHERE THE HAULER PROVIDES THE CARDS. WE TOOK THE CARDS AND REMOVED THE HAULER PROVIDING THE CARDS FROM THIS AGREEMENT UP FRONT, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE, ULTIMATELY, THE RESIDENTS OF THE -- RESIDENTS THE COST OF THE CART. THE HAULERS MAKING THE INVESTMENT UP FRONT FOR THE CARDS, THEY WOULD HAVE A 10 TO 25% PROFIT INTO THAT. I THINK WE HAVE SAVE 17% OR MORE. HE SAVED OURSELVES UP THAT MUCH ON THE PURCHASE OF THE CARDS. CART MAINTENANCE IS MORE THAN JUST -- IT IS CART DELIVERY AND MAINTENANCE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS -- BY HAVING SOME OF THE BENEFITS, HAVING THE CONTRACTOR DO IT, THEY ARE THEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP A STORAGE AND REPAIR FACILITY. THEN THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT CART MANAGEMENT DATABASE. THIS DATABASE ISN'T JUST ENTERING THE DATA. REMEMBER, THE CARDS ARE GOING TO HARP -- HAVE RISD. WHEN YOU DELIVER THE CART YOU ARE USING AN RISD NUMBER GETS ASSOCIATED WITH ADDRESS -- ADDRESS. IT IS UPDATING THE CART MANAGEMENT BASE IF YOU CHANGE A CART FROM A LOCATION. DATABASE IS GOING TO HAVE TO HELP UPDATE AND KEEP TRACK OF THE WARRANTY CLAIMS. THEY ARE WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS. THERE ARE PROCEDURES ON HOW YOU NEED TO DOCUMENT THAT. WHOEVER IS HANDLING THE SERVICES HAS TO ASSEMBLE NEW CARDS. THEY COME WITHOUT THE WHEELS ATTACHED FOR SURE. OFTEN TIMES, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY STACK, WITHOUT THE LIDS ATTACHED. THEY COME IN THREE PIECES AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER. WE ESTIMATE NEW HOME DELIVERIES OF ABOUT 1500 CARDS A YEAR. IN THE FIRST TWO OR THREE MONTHS , BY US OFFERING THAT SMALLER CAR SIZE, WE ESTIMATE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PERCENT THAT SWITCH . THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE 95 GALLON AND WANT A SMALLER 65 GALLON. 2% PUTS THAT AT ABOUT 1500 CARDS. THAT IS MOSTLY WHERE THE EXTRA OUTSIDE HELP CAME IN. EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO CREWS -- IF THE COUNTY HAD TWO RESUME WE BROUGHT IN TO ASK HER CRUISE AND WE PAID FOR SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE BY THE DAY, THEN IT WOULD TAKE A MONTH TO DELIVER THOSE OTHER -- TO SWAP OUT ALL OF THOSE OTHER CARDS FOR THE SMALLER ONES. AND THERE ARE THE REPAIRS AND TO REPLACE DAMAGED OR MISSING CARDS. I THINK PER DAY, 25 OR 30 IS A GOOD NUMBER. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME DELIVERIES THAT ARE DIFFERENT. DELIVER YOUR DROPPING ONE OFF, SCANNING THE RIFD, LOGGING EVERY HOUSE. WHEN YOU ARE DOING REPAIRS AND SWAPS, THEY ARE CALLING IN FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE COUNTY. YOU ARE MOVING ACROSS THE ENTIRE -- AT LEAST THAT ROUTE TODAY , DOING THOSE CARDS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EFFICIENCY THERE IN THAT [02:10:05] REGARD. I THINK THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES , MANAGING THESE , WHILE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY, I DON'T THINK IT IS -- I THINK IT IS NOT WORTH THE RISK HAVING SERVICE ISSUES. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE. WE HAVE TO BUILD UP TO DO THIS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TRUCKS AND PEOPLE IN, AND TRAIN PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1. I KNOW WE CAN DO IT. IT'S GOING TO BE A -- WE HAVE TO COME WITH SOME BUDGET. THIS IS BUDGETED TO SPEND THIS MONEY THIS YEAR. THEN IT IS ALL ON US IF WE DROP THE BALL. WHEREAS RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT A CONTRACTOR WE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE. WE'VE GOT DAMAGES IN THE CONTRACT IF THEY HAVE SERVICE FAILURES. THEY DO THIS. AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS AND PROGRAMS ACROSS FLORIDA AND IN TEXAS, AND OKLAHOMA, WHERE THEY ARE AT. FOR THAT, I THINK IT IS WORTH GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF PROFIT MARGIN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AS A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY . THIS IS PART OF THEIR CORE SERVICE. >> I AM A TAXPAYER IN CLAY COUNTY, AND I AM ABOUT SAVING MONEY. OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING US TO SAVE MONEY. THAT'S WHY ASK ABOUT THE ANALYSIS. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE ANALYSIS WAS GOING TO COME OUT. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO PUT -- EVEN IF IT IS AN EXTRA TWO CENTS PER MONTH ON OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S ADDING MONEY TO THE COST. I WOULDN'T SAY WE DID IN BUDGET FOR THIS. WE ARE PAYING THE MONEY REGARDLESS. IT'S A MATTER OF IF WE CAN SAVE. THAT IS MY OPINION. I WILL NOT VOTE YES IF WE GO WITH THE CONTRACTOR DOING THIS. AGAIN, IT IS CHARGING AN EXTRA $15,000 A YEAR TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND POSSIBLY IT COULD BE MORE. >> MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF AS FAR AS SERVICE, THOUGH. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. YOU SAYING THAT'S WHAT THEY DO , I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH SERVICE ON IT, QUALITY SERVICE. YEAH, YOU CAN TRAIN THE PEOPLE, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. JUST LIKE YOU ARE SAYING. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT PARK, TOO, AS FAR AS THEIR SERVICE. >> I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING IT. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING $17 AN HOUR. THEY ARE ASSEMBLING A CART AND TAKING HER -- TAKING IT TO A RESIDENTS AND PUTTING IT OUT THERE. I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN CLAY COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAN OUR CONTRACTORS. UNDERSTAND THIS IS A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR THAN WE'VE HAD NOW, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS ROCKET SCIENCE. ANYWAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT SERVICE. >> THE INFLUX OF CALLS WOULD BE HUGE . A BIG DEAL, AS FAR AS PUTTING THAT MORE ONTO OUR PEOPLE AND THAT DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET CALLS AFTER CALLS . I DON'T KNOW. FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, I THINK, IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO HAVE THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE. YEAH, DEFINITELY THE FIRST TWO YEARS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD, THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHATEVER, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE -- BUT THEY ARE TAKEN CARE OF. AGAIN, THAT'S MY OPINION. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD? JUST WAY IN. I SEE ADVANTAGES ON BOTH SIDES. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DOING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT YOUR MAIN MISSION, WHICH IS -- THIS IS NOT OUR MAIN MISSION. IT'S TO RUN GOVERNMENT, IT'S NOT TO BE OUT THERE TO PICK UP GARBAGE CONTAINERS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THOSE GARBAGE CONTAINERS. I MEAN, I CAN SEE IF IT WAS -- AND I GIVE THE COMMISSIONER CREDIT FOR ASKING FOR THE PRO FORMA, BUT IF IT WAS A BIGGER DIFFERENTIAL, I COULD SEE THAT, BEFORE THE SMALL AMOUNT THAT IT IS ON A MONTHLY BASIS PER HOUSEHOLD, AND WEIGHING WHAT WE WOULD BE [02:15:06] ABLE TO GET FROM THE VENDOR, WHO IS USED TO BEING IN THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS, AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THINGS WERE TRADED OUT AND ALL OF THAT. QUITE HONESTLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE. IT COULD BE MORE PEOPLE. WHICH DRIVES UP THE PRICE ON BOTH US AND THE FOLKS AT FCC. BUT WITH THEIR SITUATION, IT'S A CAP COST. WE DON'T PAY ANY MORE THAN $.97 . IF IT'S MORE THAN THAT FOR US, THEN WE ABSORB THAT, AND THAT BECOMES A COST THAT THE TAXPAYERS BEAR. THAT WOULD BE ON US. ALTHOUGH A TOUGH CALL, IF THIS IS THE , YOU KNOW, BASIS FOR WHETHER WE GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER , BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT IT IS TOUGH. I JUST LOOK AT IT GOING DOWN THE LINE AS TO IF WE'VE GOT TO HIRE PEOPLE -- WE WENT THROUGH THIS DURING THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AS TO WHETHER WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF WE HIRED PEOPLE AND PUT THEM BEHIND THE TRUCKS, OR PICKED UP YOUR TRASH OR NOT. AGAIN, WE DECIDED TO LET THE VENDOR DO THAT. AND SUFFER THROUGH SOME OF THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. THAT'S NOT OUR MAIN MISSION. AGAIN, VERY CLOSE IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS . MY FEELING IS THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO IN HOUSE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS , ITEM NUMBER A. THE CONTRACT WITH SCC. GARBAGE YARD TRASH , BULK WASTE, AND WASTE GOODS. >> DOUBLE MOVE APPROVAL. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT. SO FOR A, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER BURKE? >> WHATEVER A IS READING THERE. THE AGREEMENT . >> IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE NOT YET DECIDED IF WE ARE GOING WITH CONTRACTING OUT OR IN-HOUSE. THAT WOULD BE B. SPEED -- DON'T WE HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHICH ROUTE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE? >> NO, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT WITH SCC THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. WE TALK ABOUT CARDS , CAR MAINTENANCE. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE GO WITH FCC. $.97? >> YES SIR, THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS PUT FORTH WITH THE AGENDA DOES INCLUDE THE CART MAINTENANCE. >> NEGOTIATE WITH THE FCC. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING. THE RECOMMENDATION WE MOVE FORWARD. >> E IS THE COLLECTION CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE FULL PRICE SCHEDULE , THE FEE SCHEDULE WE JUST WENT OVER. >> THE WHOLE SHEET THAT WAS UP THERE. >> THIS SHEET WITH ALL THE PRICES TO INCLUDE THE CART DELIVERY MAINTENANCE. >> OKAY. I AM CLEARER ON IT. THANK YOU. >> WE STILL HAVE A MOTION. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SECOND YET. >> I WILL SECOND. >> WE WILL MOTION AND SECOND TO GO WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FCC CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. CONTRACT TO FCC. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY KNOW? >> AYE. >> PASSES 4-1. ITEM NUMBER B, RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE ASSESSMENT RATES FOR 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR. >> AS YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING FOR THIS AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENTS. THOSE ARE USUALLY FINALIZED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUDGET IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THE RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IN ORDER TO PROPERLY BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT AND FUND OF THE CONTRACT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ASSESSMENT HAS TO BE SET. IN THE RESOLUTION, IT PROVIDES FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO BE SET AT THE 262, WHICH IS WHAT WAS BRIEFED TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE ORIGINALLY DECIDING TO MOVE [02:20:04] FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION WITH VARIOUS OPTIONS, WHICH I THINK THIS WAS OPTION TWO OR FOUR. >> THIS WAS OPTION FOUR. OR FIVE. THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT RATE FOR AUTOMATED GARBAGE COLLECTION WITH NO RECYCLING CURBSIDE, CORRECT. THAT RATE DID INCLUDE A PROVISION. WE DID HAVE THE PRICE OF THE $.97. >> WE HAD THE CART DELIVERY MAINTENANCE IN THE PROPOSAL AT THAT TIME, SO IT WASN'T OCCLUDED -- SO IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION. >> ANY QUESTIONS ? ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE BUDGET IS COMING UP. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> THE NUMBER IS 262, CORRECT? >> YES. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? IT PASSES 4-1. THANK YOU, MR. [21.  CDBG Housing & Neighborhood Programs Policy (G. Gunn)] TOWNS. WE ARE ON TO NEW BUSINESS NOW. ITEM 21. CDBG HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS POLICY. GABBY. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. GABRIELLE , DR. OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES. YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY WE ARE ASKING FOR ADOPTION ON FOR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS. THIS POLICY IS THE FIRST ONE FOR CDBG THAT WE ARE USING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED APPLICATION FOR CDBG HOME AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS. THIS WILL BE BASED OFF OF THE CBD G NATIONAL OBJECTIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH HUD, BASED OFF OF THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATD PLAN IN THE ANNUAL ACTIONABLE PLAN. YOU ALSO SEE IN THE POLICY THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE COMPLAINT AND APPEALS PROCESS. PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, NONDISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN FRAUD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT FOR ADOPTION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE HAVE SEEN CBD G ENTITLEMENT ? >> YES, SIR. >> WHAT DID WE DO BEFORE THE POLICY? >> AS WE HAVE STATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHEN MEGAN AND I WENT TO THE CONFERENCE, WE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS WE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT INTO THE PROGRAM. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO INCORPORATE WITH OUR NEW APPLICATION PROCESS . THE UPCOMING SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT. IT WAS JUST A LIST OF THINGS WE WERE DOING. WE ARE HOPING THAT WITH THIS ADOPTION WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEW NEIGHBORLY SOFTWARE THAT WE ALSO LEARNED FROM AT THE CONFERENCE. BEFORE THERE WASN'T A POLICY, THERE WAS JUST AN APPLICATION PERIOD. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE STRUCTURE IS GOING TO HELP FOR THE FUTURE. >> GRANTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT. I CAN SEE THIS AS AN IMPROVEMENT. WHEN I GOT HERE, ONE OF THE ROLES IS YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT. WE HAD TO APPLY FOR. ONCE AGAIN, TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS , WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN. IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET UP TO SPEED . I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS IS HERE. WE SUBMIT A PLAN TO HUD , ANNUALLY, DEFINING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THIS [02:25:03] MONEY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. HAVE THEY APPROVED IT? >> THE ONE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, YES. FOR THIS SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTCOMING BEFORE YOU , IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET. >> RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR GABBY? I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS POLICY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS POLICY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NO'S? IT'S UNANIMOUS. >> THANK YOU. >> WHERE ARE WE? WE ARE ON TO LETTERS FOR ACTION, I GUESS. [29.  Discussion of Reappointment to the Historic Preservation Board] REAPPOINTMENT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. MY COMPUTER IS SPOOLING. DISCUSSION. I THINK THERE IS ONE APPLICANT FOR THE VACANCY. >> MELISSA CLEARMAN SUBMITTED HER APPLICATION TO THE AT-LARGE DISTRICT 1 SEAT. >> SHE IS WILLINGLY ACCEPTING REAPPOINTMENT, AS I RECALL? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE -- DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS? I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HER REAPPOINTMENT WORKS >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON [30.  Discussion of Appointments to the Lake Asbury/Penney Farms Citizens Advisory Committee] THIS? >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS TO LAKE ASBURY -- >> BEFORE YOU DO THAT. WE HAVE KARLA LOGSTON THAT RESIGNED. >> OKAY. >> THAT ALLOWS US TO SAY THE SEA IS NOW OPEN AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR APPLICANTS. >> HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY APPLICANTS? NO. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE -- SOMEBODY ASKED ME, LAST WEEK, WHY DO WE INSTITUT A VOLUNTEER FOR CLAY COUNTY? THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS. WE WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER. THEY AREN'T EASY. NONE OF THEM ARE EASY. LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM THE PUBLIC. ITEM NUMBER -- SORRY. >> WITH HER RESIGNATION THERE WILL BE FOUR OPEN SPOTS. YOU ARE LOOKING TO FILL ALL FOUR OF THEM. >> OKAY. >> HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. >> HOW MANY ARE ON THERE? >> YOU HAVE SEVEN SEATS FILLED. A TOTAL OF 11. >> ARE WE TALKING HISTORIC OR CLAY? >> HISTORIC. HISTORIC. THE COMMISSIONER WAS JUST MAKING SURE YOU HAD A CORN. >> I TURNED MY HEAD AWAY FOR MY MICROPHONE, BUT BEFORE WE LEFT THE ITEM I ASKED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IF WE STILL HAD A WARM WITH FOUR SEATS OPEN, BUT SHE SAID WE DO. >> YEP. >> IS THIS DISTRICT THREE-MEMBER, IS THAT SPECIFIC TO COMMISSIONER RENNINGER, OR IS THAT OPEN TO ANYBODY INTERESTED? >> THAT ONE WOULD BE FOR DISTRICT THREE. THERE IS A DISTRICT TWO VACANCY. A DISTRICT THREE VACANCY, AND THEN TWO MEMBERS AT LARGE. >> OKAY. >> NUMBER NINE AND NUMBER 11. >> THANK YOU. >> HOW OFTEN DO THEY MEET? >> IT IS ONCE A MONTH ON THURSDAY. I THINK IT IS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. >> FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. APPOINTMENT TO THE LAKE AS BARRY -- AKE ASBURY PENNEY FARMS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORKS >> YOU HAVE ONES THAT ARE EXPIRING OR HAVE EXPIRED IN JANUARY OF 2024 WHO ARE ALL SEEKING TO BE REAPPOINTED. YOU HAVE ONE MEMBER WHO HAS DETERMINED NOT TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT . ADDITIONALLY YOU HAVE TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR SPOTS. >> IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING HOW MANY SPOTS DO WE HAVE TO FILL? IF WE TAKE INTO [02:30:01] CONSIDERATION JUST THE REAPPOINTMENT? >> RIGHT. YOU CAN FILL UP TO 11 SPOTS ON THE BOARD. YOU HAD TWO VACANT, AND THEN WITH MR. FRYER NOT RE-SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT YOU WOULD HAVE THREE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ALL 11. >> WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS? >> TWO ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS. >> FOUR APPLICANTS THAT ARE REAPPOINTMENT. >> REAPPOINTMENT. YEAH. WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES AND TWO VOLUNTEERS. >> YES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL THOSE SPOTS. >> I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT -- OUR REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN BENTLEY, COLIN GROFF, JAMES RYAN, AND JANET WANTAGE. AND A POINT ROBIN SHETTLER AND HELANA CORMIER. >> I KNOW BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT, AND THE NEW APPOINTEES ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. >> CAN WE DO IT ALL IN ONE MOTION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT ? >> SURE. >> I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS THE TWO VOLUNTEERS TO FILL THE THREE EMPTY SEATS. IT LEAVES US WITH ONE EMPTY SEAT. >> I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE CAN ACCEPT 11. DOES THIS GIVE US 10 IF WE -- THIS WILL GIVE US 10. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TOEWS ACCEPT THE REAPPOINT THESE , AS WELL AS THE TWO VOLUNTEERS, TO FILL THE THREE EMPTY SEATS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE? ANY NAY 'S? >> CARE OF A QUESTION. I HAD PEOPLE ASK ME , I LIKE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, THEY ARE CONCERNED AS FAR AS WHY THEY DON'T MEET MORE OFTEN. THEY MEET IF THERE IS A REZONING QUESTION, CORRECT? AND VOTE. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THEY WOULD VOTE -- MEET. THEY HAVE TO MEET WITH COUNTY, STAFF -- COUNTY STAFF THERE, SO THEY CAN'T MEET ON THEIR OWN, CORRECT? >> YOU CORRECT. AT A DESIGNATED PLACE, AND WE PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE. >> HOW MUCH NEWS -- NOTICE DO WE GIVE THEM FOR THEIR MEETING? >> I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE ON THAT. IT WOULD BE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. ONCE THE APPLICATION COMES IN TO PLANNING STAFF, AND IT IS BEDDED, AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN THEY CONTACT THEM AND SET THE MEETING. >> COMMISSIONER, I WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO GO TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS. I WENT TO ONE OF THE MIDDLEBURG ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. YOU DO HAVE TO HOLD HER TONGUE. THEY ARE LEARNING. THE NEW PEOPLE ARE LEARNING. THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT ZONING AND PLANNING, AND IT REALLY IS A VERY INFORMATIVE PROCESS. I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING. BUT YOUR PARTICULAR ONE, I KNOW JODY HAD SHARED WITH US AT THE MIDDLEBURG CLAY HILL, ONE THING SHE LEARNED FROM THAT. THIS ONE CHOSE TO MEET HERE. YOU HAVE HAD LESS PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MEETING IN THE AREA WHERE THEY ALL LIVE , EVEN THOUGH YOU DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHEN WE FORMED MIDDLEBURG CLAY HILL, SHE FOUR GROUP, AND THEY COULD CHOOSE TO ME HERE, THEY DID NOT . >> ALREADY VOICED MY CONCERN. THERE WAS ONE LADY WHO COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T SEE. SUCH A DRIVE AT NIGHT WOULD BE BAD FOR HER. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD HELP. I KNOW ONE CONCERN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS A PLANNING COMMISSION THING. THEY GIVE US THEIR OPINION, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM. MAYBE JUST THESE NEW MEMBERS WILL HELP . >> RIGHT. >> I DON'T KNOW. CAN I RECOMMEND ? I KNOW THEY VOTED FOR IT TO BE HERE. HOW WOULD WE GET IT CHANGED? >> THEIR NEXT MEETING, THEY CAN JUST VOTE TO CHANGE IT. >> MAYBE I COULD SHOW UP AND GIVE THEM DIRECTION POSSIBLY. >> RECOMMENDATION. >> ASKED THEM IF THAT WOULD HELP. >> LET'S GET THE DISCUSSION STARTED IN THAT FASHION. ARE WE STILL DOING AN ORIENTATION FOR THOSE NEW FOLKS THAT GET ONTO CAC X >> I'M SURE. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME WITH THE NEW TERMS. SHE WILL DO IT. >> THAT'S THE OTHER THING SHE [02:35:01] WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DO. EXPLAINED TO THEM . I AM SURE IT IS A PRN SITUATION, AS NEEDED. AS COURTNEY SAID, NO APPLICATIONS OR PROJECTS COMING UP THAT REALLY NEED THEM TO MEET. IT'S NOT LIKE SHE CAN SET UP A REGULAR MEETING. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS NEW MEMBERS OF THESE BOARDS HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING. THEY DON'T GET CALLED EVERY TWO WEEKS OR HAVE IT SET UP LIKE A REGULAR MEETING. THEY ARE THERE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. >> HOW MANY DO WE HAVE FOR THAT? WE ARE TRYING TO FORM THAT ONE. [31.  Clay County Agricultural Fair Association Request (JPierce)] >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 31. CLAY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATION REQUEST. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION IS SEEKING APPROVAL TO INSTALL 13 FANS IN THE BARN AREA OF THE FOUND -- FAIRGROUNDS. 10 ALONG BARN ONE, AND THREE IN THE JP ARENA. >> SECOND PERIOD >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR LAKE -- CLAY AGRICULTURAL FAIR -- >> YES, 2024 RENTAL FEES. >> REPLACE THAT WITH EQUIPMENT . I TALKED TO TOSHA. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT . IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT WITH ANIMALS, OVERHEATING . YOU CAN GET ABOVE REALLY QUICK. YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE FAIR ASSOCIATION, NATOSHA DID SAY -- I AM SURE SHE SAID TO YOU ALL, SHE SAID TO ME, THEY HAVE A BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. SHE SENT HER REGRETS THAT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE. SHE SENT THE WELL-DRESSED MR. PIERCE -- >> IN THE FLESH. NO LIVING WITH THEM NOW. >> IT IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. >> MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD? I HAVE A QUESTION, IF I COULD. 13 FANS. ORIGINALLY THE REQUEST FOR THE TWO LARGER REQUESTS IN THE CATTLEMEN'S ARENA? >> THAT WENT TO THE THREE IN THE CATTLEMEN'S ARENA. EXCUSE ME, THE JP ARENA. AND 10 DIRECTIONAL FANS FOR THE STALLS. >> BASICALLY IF YOU PICTURE WHERE THE PIGS ARE, AND THE COWS. WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE INSTALLED BEFORE THIS FAIR, CORRECT? >> MOTION AND SECOND PERIOD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY [32.  Request for technical assistance from the Trust for Public Land in connection with County’s Proposed Conservation Program] SAYING AYE. PASS IS 5-0. ITEM NUMBER 32. REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE COUNTY'S PROPOSED CONSERVATION PROGRAM. IS ANYBODY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT? >> >> SHE IS A TROOPER. SHE STAYED WITH US. >> YES, SHE DID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, I WILL CALL ON MY HELP. YEAH, THIS IS THE TPL . THE CONVERSATION , I THINK, WE HAD WITH YOU TWO WEEKS AGO NOW. BETH CARSON MET WITH YOU GUYS. WORKING ON THE CONSERVATION STUDY. OUR NEXT -- OUR NEXT BIG HURDLE IS TO GET THIS ON THE REFERENDUM. THE SALES TAX, FINANCING TO PRESERVE THESE -- SOME SPACE IN CLAY COUNTY. TO KEEP SOME GREEN. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I WILL MAKE THE COMMENT THAT PRETTY SOON WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH SOME PERIMETERS ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE , AND WHO FEELS THAT COMMITTEE. I KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT CAME TO THE WORKSHOPS WERE SUPER INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. WE HAVE SEEN THAT ON THE COUPLE OF AGENDAS DOWN THE ROAD. >> THIS IS A LETTER TO THE NORTH PART OF THE LAND TRUST, CORRECT? >> TPL LETTER . I DO NOT LOOK AT THE LATEST COPY. I WILL LOOK AT IT. YES, SIR. THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND. THE TPL IS THE [02:40:03] GROUP WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH. >> TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE LETTER, WHICH I WILL SIGN TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? >> MR. JIM AND I HAVE ONE COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO. FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE -- COMMENTS TO A MINIMUM, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS MONEY WELL SPENT TO GET TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SO THAT WE FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT THE LAW SAYS, AND WHAT OUR PUBLIC HAS SAID THEY DESIRE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON CONSERVATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. THE ONLY REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT, AT TIMES, HAS BEEN , I GUESS, PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT. IN COMMISSIONER BURKE'S AREA. THEY USE SOME VARIATION OF A NAME THAT INVOLVES NORTH FLORIDA, AND THE WORD TRUST . I THINK IT IS MISLEADING TO THE PUBLIC THAT THAT COMPANY HAS CREATED THEIR NAME THAT WAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND AND THE NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST ARE FULLY VETTED. WE ARE NOT THEIR FIRST COUNTY THEY HAVE WORKED WITH. I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. IT [33.  Bid Opening Tabulations (K. Smith)] PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ON TO ITEM NUMBER 33. LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION. BID OPENING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BID OPENING? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT FOR THIS EVENING. OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOT SEEING OR HEARING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WE ARE ON [COUNTY ATTORNEY] TO COMMISSION AUDITOR. NOTHING TONIGHT? OKAY, GOOD. COUNTY ATTORNEY? >> JUST QUICKLY -- >> CAN YOU ANSWER THE WAY YOU DID? >> YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST -- AT LEAST THREE OF YOU, SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS FROM THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CANVASSING BOARD. COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IS THE PRIMARY DOESN'T MAKE . AND COMMISSIONER COMPERE AND CONDON. THE DATES ON ON COMMISSIONERS RENNINGER CALENDAR. YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY MARCH. A COUPLE OF DATES IN APRIL. COMMISSIONER CONDON AND COMMISSIONER COMPERE WILL HAVE TO STEP UP FOR COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IF HE IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. ONE OF THE MEETINGS IS A BOARD MEETING DAY. I BELIEVE IT IS THE ONE IN APRIL. COMMISSIONER CELLA, WE WILL JUST NEED FOR YOU TO BE READY. AND THEN, JUST FOR THE THREE OF YOU, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU REMEMBERED, BUT YOU DO NEED TO TAKE THAT TRAINING ONLINE. JUST MAKE SURE THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THE MARCH DATES BEGIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST LET SUPERVISOR [COUNTY MANAGER] CHANDLERS NO, OR MYSELF, AND WE CAN HELP YOU. THAT'S IT. >> KENNEDY -- COUNTY MANAGER. >> CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS. A COUPLE OF ITEMS. FIRST OFF, FOR TOMORROW, THE FLORIDA SERVICE HAS PLACED A SUBSCRIPTION FOR A CONTROLLED BURN. TASTE ON WEATHER TOMORROW. IF YOU SEE SMOKE IN THAT AREA, WE ARE MITIGATING THE WILDLAND INTERFACE. NEXT UP, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE WITH THE TEAM OUT TO LOOK AT THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY. THIS IS THE SECTION OF SUPERIOR THAT GOES FROM 16 , OUT TO THE WEST, ALL THE WAY OUT TO 17 AND BEYOND, AND RECONNECTS TO 16 TOWARDS THE BRIDGE. I CAN TELL YOU, ALL, IT WAS QUITE A RIDE. THE INSPECTION , JESSE WAS WITH US, OUR SIGNAL TECH AND MANAGER, WAS ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. THE LIGHTS. THERE ARE SIGNS UP IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS. I DO NOT HAVE THE GREATEST NEWS. I ASKED THEM -- IT WAS A 90% INSPECTION. I ASKED IF THEY COULD OPEN TOMORROW. MUCH-NEEDED CAPACITY FOR US. THEY STILL SAID THE TOLL AREAS STILL NEED TO BE INSTALLED AND PUT UP. YOU ARE LOOKING OUT TO APPROXIMATELY THE END OF THE YEAR BEFORE THAT SECTION WOULD OPEN. BEING OUT THERE AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT, WITH THE [02:45:02] TRAFFIC LIGHTING UP , AND THE ASPHALT IS ALL DOWN , AND SIGNAGE IS A. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEF ON THAT. AND JUST SAY THAT'S COMING ALONG. HOPEFULLY IT WILL OPEN SOONER THAN THEY ANTICIPATE. THE LAST THING I HAVE FOR YOU ALL, WELL, TODAY IS FAT TUESDAY, WHICH MEANS LENT IS TOMORROW, WHICH OCCURS ON VALENTINE'S DAY. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL. I HOPE FOR LEND YOU ARE NOT GIVING UP SWEETS OR CHOCOLATE , AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOVED ONE ABOUT THAT. WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU. [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. I'M GETTING A WHOLE LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM , APPARENTLY, QUITE A FEW OF THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIPS THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS . IF MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS, I CANNOT REBUILD. ARE WE GOING TO WORKSHOP THE AIRPORT RULES? I HEARD TE PLANNING COMMISSION SAY THEY ARE GOING TO WORKSHOP IT. I KNOW WE HAD THE INITIAL -- THERE WAS AN INITIAL JOINT MEETING, BUT NOBODY ASKED ABOUT SCHEDULES . AT LEAST FOR ME. I COULDN'T BE THERE. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT PART. >> ARE THEY FROM THE RESIDENTS AROUND IT, OR THE AIRPORT OWNERS? >> BOTH. I TALKED TO BOTH. >> I THINK THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ON BOTH PARTS. PLANNING COMMISSION , I THINK WE HAD THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE VOTE. WE WILL BE REACHING OUT. I THINK YOU HAVE TWO IN THE AREA, I THINK. BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY -- I MEAN IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM, RIGHT? THEY ARE GRANDFATHERED IN UNLESS THEY DO THEIR SAFETY PLAN. >> IF THEY SELL THEIR HOME. I HAVE ONE , AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE BACK OF BLACK CREEK PARK NORTH. IT'S AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU GO DOWN BLUEBERRY STREET. THERE ARE HOUSES THAT LINE THE ENTIRE CUL-DE-SAC. THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED. IF THEY SOLD THEIR HOME AND THE HOME BURNED DOWN, IT CANNOT BE REBUILT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S HALF-MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTIES. A FUTURE AIRSTRIP THAT COMES IN. THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE REGULATIONS FOR ALL THE HOMES AROUND IT. >> THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND TREPIDATION. I KNOW OF ONE THAT IS IN ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER CELLA'S DISTRICT. SOMEONE HAS A SEAPLANE. THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM GOT A LETTER. I THINK IT'S GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING YOU. I AM IN THE DARK. I KNOW COMMISSIONER RENNINGER HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS. >> WE CAN SET UP A TIME AND GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE WITH YOU. >> THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF IT. >> PART OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING WAS CHANGE AND NOTIFICATION. FIRST OF ALL, ANY ZONING CHANGES, NORMALLY, GO I 350 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY. THIS ZONING CHANGE WENT OUT 1400 FEET BECAUSE OF THE NOTIFICATION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN AIRPORT NEAR YOUR HOUSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOTIFIED REALLY, IT'S OF NO CONCERN TO THEM. >> I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DO IT IS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION, IS TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THOSE WHO SPOKE . COURTNEY SAID IT CORRECTLY. IF THOSE PRIVATE AIRPORTS, WHICH I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THOSE, IF THEY DON'T TURN IN A PLAN, WE DON'T PLACE IT. THE CITIZENS, WE CAN'T DO A TAKING ON THE PROPERTY. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE ZONING'S TO ALLOW FOR FOLKS AROUND THERE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO BE LESSENED BECAUSE OF THE AIRPORT. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO DO, REACH OUT TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS SPECIFICALLY. WE CAN GO THROUGH WITH YOU AS WELL. I GOT SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT THE C AIRPLANE. IF THEY WERE A REGISTERED AIRPORT WE HAD TO INCLUDE THEM. >> YOU CALLED ME AND GAVE ME A HEADS UP. I GREATLY APPRECIATED THAT. LITERALLY, MY PHONE WAS RINGING WHILE YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH ME. I APPRECIATE THAT. IT FELT LIKE -- I ALSO [02:50:04] DON'T WANT THIS TO GET ALL THE WAY TO US. AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN VOTE TO APPROVE IT. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. MAYBE IT DOESN'T APPLY TO EVERYONE'S DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW I GOT THE TWO PHONE CALLS. >> I THINK THE LION SHARE CAME FROM YOUR WORLD. >> BUT YOU ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGER -- YOU HAVE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THEM . >> THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO ME. IT IS MY PRIVATE. OKAY. SO WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THE LRP SIDEWALK IN CLAY HILL. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO RICHARD AND HIS STAFF MANAGING A PROJECT. THAT WAS A D.O.T. GRANT. I GOT A PHONE CALL YESTERDAY , I BELIEVE IT WAS, FROM A RESIDENT SPECIFICALLY THANKING US FOR PUTTING THAT SIDEWALK IN. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AT DIFFERENT COMMISSION MEETINGS WHERE WE PUT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT WAS A D.O.T. CHOICE. WE HAD ASKED TO EXTEND THE SIDEWALK ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE SOUTH SIDE, WHERE MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS AND SCHOOLS ARE, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. WE APPRECIATE THAT PROJECT. AND THE D.O.T. PET -- PARTICIPATION IN IT. I GUESS MY -- I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT COMMISSIONER BURKE AND I WILL GET THAT EMAIL TO US, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TERESA GETS THAT SENT OUT TO THE REST OF YOU. IT'S THE FULLEST. WE HAVE A PRINTED VERSION THAT ONLY A PARTIAL, BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A LETTER -- TPO IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAILING OUT THE FULLEST. WE WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE US FEEDBACK BEFORE WE VOTE AT THAT NEXT BOARD MEETING. I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING IS, RICHARD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL, OUR PAVING DELAYS THAT AFFECT LONGHORN, PEPPER GRASS AND -- >> YES, MA'AM. OUR PAVING CONTRACT AND RESURFACING HAD AN ACCIDENT AT THEIR ASPHALT PLANT AND IT WAS SHUT DOWN. IT IS STILL SHUT DOWN. THAT HAS DELAYED SOME ASPHALT DELIVERY. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MILL THE ROAD. BUT THEY DID NOT. AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED THEIR PLANT TO BE BASICALLY SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. THEY ARE TRYING TO REPAIR IT NOW. THEY ARE HAVING TO PURCHASE ASPHALT FROM OTHER ASPHALT COMPANIES . I GOT AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT THEY WILL TRY -- THEY ARE GOING TO TRY -- THEY THINK IT MAY BE FIXED, AND THEY MAY HAVE IT RESURFACED THIS WEEK. IF THEY DON'T, THEY WILL BEGIN PURCHASING ASPHALT AND GET THOSE THREE ROADS DONE NEXT WEEK. >> OKAY. IT IS REALLY BUMPY WRITING -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE NEWSROOM, OR IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS OR CALLS, IT IS BUMPY, BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LEFT IT IN A CONDITION TO NOT DAMAGE VEHICLES. JUST SLOW DOWN. THEY WILL GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> IT HAS BEEN SPRAYED WITH A COAT, A LIGHT TAR, TO KEEP ANY LOOSE GRAVEL IN PLACE, AS WELL AS COVER UP ANY PLACES WHERE -- THE ASPHALT WASN'T AS THICK, THEY GOT ALMOST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DIRT. IT DOES HAVE A BASE TO IT NOW. WE ARE HOPING THIS WEEK. WE ARE HOPING BY FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE -- AND PEPPER GRASS AND LONGHORN IN THAT ORDER. >> THANKS, RICHARD. >> THANK YOU. >> FOUR THINGS . FIRST, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT GIVING A BRIEF STATUS UPDATE ON OUR DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. I AM A PART OF THE NORTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I THINK I AM BUTCHERING THAT NAME. ESSENTIALLY THEIR MISSION IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO NEED TO REBUILD. EITHER THEY HAVE HAD AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, EVICTIONS, ET CETERA. THEY ARE RESOURCING THE NORTH FLORIDA REGION TO ASSIST THOSE FOLKS. MY REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD IS THAT IT WAS PRIMARILY HOUSEKEEPING WHEN WE DID SWEARING ZEN, REORGANIZATIONS, AND MEETING LOGISTICS, ET CETERA. HOPEFULLY , AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE GROUP. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR YOU. I PROMISE I WOULD. SECOND THING IS THAT I HAVE BEEN GETTING CONTACTS IN DISTRICT TWO ABOUT SOME SMALL HOMES THAT ARE SITUATED BETWEEN TWO PLANNED [02:55:08] COMMUNITIES. I AM JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS DOING DEEP DIVES. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WATCHFUL EYE. THERE IS MORE TO FOLLOW HIM OUT. THE THIRD THING IS KIND OF SAD. WE HAD ANOTHER CASUALTY ON OAKLEY PLANTATION PARKWAY LAST WEEK. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DETAILS OF DECEMBER , WHERE WE JUST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE GOING FAST DOWN THE PARKWAY. REST ASSURED THAT THE COUNTY MANAGER HAS ALREADY ASSURED ME THAT HE AND ENGINEERING ARE LOOKING INTO IT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. THAT'S SO HARD. IN SUCH A SHORT TIMEFRAME. MY HEART IS BREAKING, BREAKING FOR THE FAMILY . ALL OF THEM, TRULY. WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT. ON A LIGHTER NOTE, IF THERE CAN BE ONE, I DO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TOMORROW, FOR THOSE WHO OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY OR FAT TUESDAY, MARDI GRAS , EVERYBODY WHO IS CELEBRATING THIS WEEK. I HOPE YOU ARE SAFE. AND ENJOY REFLECTING ON THE TIME . THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER COMPERE, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL HOMES IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT THE REZONING SIGNS THAT WENT UP ON ALL THE JENNINGS? >> NO. >> THAT IS WHERE OUR DISTRICT SPLIT UP. I GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ON THAT. I'M SURE YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT, TOO, IT'S ACTUALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT. OKAY. >> I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED WERE WALKED BACK. WE ARE STILL -- THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THEM -- ON AROUND THEM, OBVIOUSLY. AT THIS JUNCTURE, I THINK, BOTH SIDES ARE JUST TRYING TO FLUSH OUT THEIR DETAILS AND GET SOME ORDER BEFORE IT BECOMES MORE PUBLIC. >> IN THE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT . >> THE ISSUE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. REZONING. >> OKAY. >> MORE TO FOLLOW HIM UP. THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SHARE AT THIS POINT. >> OKAY, THANKS. >> I GUESS WHAT WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT. >> REALLY? >> WE HAVE SAND RIDGE ROAD STILL CONTINUING. I AM HEARING PRETTY REGULARLY ABOUT PEOPLE GOING TOO FAST. I KNOW THE SPEED LIMIT BEING SLOW IS A ROYAL PAIN. EVERYBODY IS IN A HURRY. JUST REALLY -- I MEAN WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE WORKING ON THESE ROADS. I REALLY WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONTINUE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND WATCH OUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE. TRY NOT TO BE -- GET TEMPERS -- AND THEN TO A NINE ON TOP OF THAT WILL BE STARTING THIS WEEK. RUSSELL ROAD , I HAVE BEEN TOLD TOMORROW . WE WILL PROBABLY START HAVING LANE CLOSURES. IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. LIKE SEVEN DAYS FOR ONE AREA, MAYBE FIVE DAYS FOR THE OTHER AREA. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GO AROUND THE OTHER WAY IF YOU CAN. I, MYSELF, I AM PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO TOWARDSHENLEY AND 220. IF YOU CAN MAKE DIFFERENT NOTES, TRY TO DO THAT . YES, IT'S GOING TO BE INCONVENIENT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE. WE'VE ALL BEEN WANTING IT. REMEMBER, ALL OF YOU ON FACEBOOK, WE'VE BEEN WANTING THESE ROADS. LET'S BE NICE AND TRY TO GET THEM DONE. ON A HAPPY NOTE, MY CLAY HI, WE HAVE ALL GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. SHE LEADERS WON STATE, AND WON THIRD IN THE NATION. THEY WANT TO BE AT THE MEETING, RIGHT, LAURA? THAT'S PRETTY BIG. ONE OF MY GIRLS, VARSITY SOCCER TONIGHT IS IN QUARTER SEMI FINALS ACT CLAY HI. WE ARE SCARED BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE PENSACOLA. WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW ANYONE OF US WERE GOING TO GET THERE. BUT THANK GOD THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY IT CLAY HIGH. THE GUY SOCCER IS ALSO IN SEMI FINALS. THE GUYS WON DISTRICTS. YEAH. AWESOME THINGS [03:00:03] HAPPENING AT PLAY. WE WILL SEE THE CHEERLEADERS NEXT MEETING. >> THAT WILL BE FUN. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> I AM READY. IN DISTRICT ONE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROADS. I CAN NAME ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN I COULD -- WOULD LOVE TO SEE WORK DONE IMMEDIATELY. >> WE HAVE SOMEONE WORKING ON YOUR RESUME. >> YEAH, WE DO. HIGHWAY 17, THEY ARE WORKING AT NIGHT. THOSE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 1 THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY 17, IT IS HAPPENING. IT JUST HAPPENS OVERNIGHT WHEN YOU DON'T SEE IT. YOU DO SEE REMNANTS OF WHAT THEY WORKED ON THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT IS GETTING THERE. WE JUST NEED TO GET TO A POINT WHERE SOMEONE HAS ASPHALT. WE HAVE TO TRUCK IT IN, BOW IT IN, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ASPHALT. CURRENTLY, AS WE SEEK -- SPEAK, A SERIOUS TOPIC, AT THE STATE CAPITOL, WE ALL KNOW THE STATE LEGISLATOR IS DOING WHAT THEY DO . IN ONE RESPECT, THEY ARE RIPPING HOME ROLL RIGHT OUT FROM 67 DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SPECIFICALLY THERE IS A BILL HITTING THE WAYS -- WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TOMORROW THAT WILL DO A NUMBER OF THINGS. ONE IT WILL TAKE THE ABILITY TO USE SALES TAX, THE HALF SENT SALES TAX AWAY FROM THE COUNTIES. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REFERENDUM EVERY 10 YEARS, WHICH EFFECTIVELY LIMITS THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD BOND ABOUT MONEY SO YOU CAN GO OUT AND DO THINGS THAT THE HALF SENT SALES ATTACK -- SALES TAX BUT YOU DO. SUNSETTING TDC TAX . ALL OF FLORIDA WILL END WITH THE LOCAL TAX . 2029 YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT FOR REFERENDUM. FAILING TO UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE TIME IT DOES NOT GET CONQUEST -- NOT GET COLLECTED FROM FLORIDA RESIDENTS. UNLESS YOU HAVE TO USE THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS OR SOMETHING. OTHERWISE, THE ACTUAL CITIZEN DOESN'T USUALLY PAY THAT. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PUTS A SIX-YEAR COP ON THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE COUNTY IN TOURISM. THAT MONEY COULD GO AWAY. FOR VENDORS . FOR EVENTS THAT DEPEND ON THOSE MONIES. THE AVERAGE CITIZEN WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM, AND MORE THAN LIKELY WILL VOTE AGAINST CONTINUING THE TAX. ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE, I WILL BE CALLING TOMORROW, AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. ON A BRIGHTER NOTE, THIS PAST SATURDAY I WAS AT THE AUGUSTUS ART CENTER IN COAST SPRINGS. BLESS YOU. YES. THEY HAD AN OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION. CELEBRATING NOT ONLY AUGUSTUS SAVAGE, THE MOST FAMOUS DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. BUT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL ITSELF, PANTHERS. THEY PUT UP A LEGACY WALL IN THE AUGUSTUS SAVAGE BUILDING, WHICH IS IN THE HALLWAY, BUT IT IS A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF ARTWORK, WHICH HAS A TIMELINE OF DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALL THE THINGS THEY ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT SCHOOL AND THAT VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE SCHOOL WAS OPEN. IN FACT, I BELIEVE, THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONHIP WHEN YOU'RE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN CLAY COUNTY. IT IS UP THERE. THEY'VE GOT PICTURES OF THAT, THEY'VE GOT PICTURES OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, DANCES, ALL KINDS OF STUFF. IT WAS A REAL GOOD TIME. IT SERVED AS A KICKOFF TO A YEAR FULL OF EVENTS CULMINATING WITH THE ANNIVERSARY . THAT IS COMING UP. ALSO, THIS SATURDAY, PLEASE DOES A WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THE IMPACT CLAY TRAIN UP TO CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 1:00 P.M. THERE IS PROBABLY 13 OR 14 AGENCIES, IT KEEPS GROWING. FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO GET HAIRSTYLING ON THE HAIRCUT TRAIN, THE CAR. HOT SHOWERS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE HAVING TO DO WITH HOW HOW -- HOT SHOWERS. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT WHEN THEY WANTED. FREE MEDICAL ADVICE AND HELP. CLAY BEHAVIORAL IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NEED THEIR HELP. THERE ARE CLOSE, FOOD PANTRIES, PERSONAL ITEMS . THE LIBRARY CAR WILL BE OUT THERE HANDING OUT BOOKS AND DOING OTHER THINGS, MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF THE HOTSPOTS AND THE THINGS THEY USE THROUGH THE LIBRARY. AGAIN, IF YOU NEED SOME KIND OF SERVICE, PLEASE [03:05:08] -- AND THEY WILL BE SERVING LUNCH. HARD TO BEAT. AT THE CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY, THE 17TH, 1100 TO 1:00. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. >> THANK YOU. I ONLY HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. ONE OF THEM EMPHASIZES WHAT COMMISSIONER COMPERE SPOKE ABOUT, A TRAGEDY ON OAKLEY MENTATION PARKWAY. THE FAMILY WAS ONE OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY MEMBERS. A FRIEND OF MINE, IT'S HIS DAUGHTER. SHE LOST A SON PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO. A 10-YEAR-OLD SON, TOO. THE FAMILY IS REALLY HURTING RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY. MY PLEA -- BOTH ACCIDENTS, BOTH MISHAPS. I WENT UP AND REVIEWED BOTH SCENES AFTER THE FACT . I AM USED TO LOOKING AT MISHAPS AS SUCH. I THINK BOTH OF THEM WERE DISTRACTIONS OF SOME SORT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEM. IN THIS CASE, THE RODA STREET. IT WAS DAYLIGHT. SHE REALLY GOT OFF THE ROAD. DISTRACTIONS. ALONG WITH THE LEGISLATURES, HOMELESSNESS , THEY ARE IN SESSION. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE. WHETHER THESE STATUTES PASS OR NOT, WHO KNOWS. WE DO HAVE A HOMELESS PROBLEM . I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY OF ANOTHER HOMELESS CAMP IN MY DISTRICT. SOMETHING WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AND WORK THROUGH IT. ON A POSITIVE NOTE, GATEWAY TO CLAY IS MOVING FORWARD. THIS MONTH, I THINK, FEBRUARY 19TH IS WHAT I WROTE DOWN. AND THE 28TH? 29TH. THE 19TH IS A HOLIDAY, THOUGH. ANYWAY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A WALK ON WELLS ROAD. AND A GET TOGETHER ON THE 29TH. ORANGE PARK MALL HAS 140 CHAMBER MEMBERS. WE ARE TRYING TO SOLICIT MORE ALONG THE WELLS ROAD CORRIDOR. CHAMBERS IS ALSO ACTIVE, WHERE WE WANT TO MENTION . FEBRUARY 21ST IS THE STATE OF THE COUNTY MEETING AT THE THRASHER HORN CENTER, WHICH WE WILL BE RESENTING THE STATE OF THE COUNTY. IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE COUNTY. IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS , AND THERE ARE SEATS AVAILABLE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO GO THERE. ON A POSITIVE NOTE, COUNTY MANAGER AND I HAD A MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN BEAN LAST WEEK TO CELEBRATE 12 FAMILIES WHO HAVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE RECOMMENDED FOR MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES. ABOUT THE TIME YOU LOSE FAITH IN THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW YOU GET REJUVENATED WHEN YOU SEE YOUTH AS SUCH. THEY ARE VERY SHARP INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET THEIR FAMILY. IN FACT, ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES I INTERVIEWED -- I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME -- HER FATHER WAS AN ORANGE CLAY FIREFIGHTER. WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME? >> I WANTED TO KEEP IT ALL CLEAN. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE. SHE WAS A SHARP YOUNG LADY. SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED TO , I THINK IT WAS THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY SHE WAS ACCEPTED TO. LIKE A GOOD YOUNG LADY, SHE WANTS TO GO TO A NAVAL ACADEMY. ANYWAY, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK. I WANT TO IMPLORE YOU TO STAY VIGILANT ON THE HIGHWAY. IT MAY NOT BE YOUR PROBLEM, BUT IT MAY BE SOMEBODY BESIDE YOU THAT DECIDES TO CHANGE LANES AT THE INOPPORTUNE TIME AND COEXIST IN YOUR BATTLE SPACE THERE. THERE'S NEVER A GOOD OUTCOME THERE. YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. IF YOU CAN'T BE VIGILANT , I * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.