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            AFTERNOON  IF YOU CAN ALL TAKE A SEAT, WE WILL GET STARTED BE 
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THAT WE GET  TO THE MEETING, WE WILL PAUSE FOR THE VOCATION AND PLEDGE, IF EVERYONE COULD STAND PLEASE, THE VOCATION WILL BE 
          COMMISSIONER COMPERE . >> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. 
          GRACIOUS LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. IT IS A BLESSING TO LIVE HERE  IN CLAY COUNTY , LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  WE ARE SO GRATEFUL, GOD  MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTITUENTS OF CLAY, PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM WE NEED, GOD,  WHAT PLEASES YOU  AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM. WE THANK YOU ALL WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE,  IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE.  WE ARE SO GRATEFUL  FOR THOSE IN UNIFORM , FOR THOSE, GOD WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY . SO GRATEFUL.  YOU HAVE YOUR WAY HERE TONIGHT  IN 
          THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. >> IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO HAVE SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER PAUL OSORIO  WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR 23 YEARS  BEFORE RETIRING IN APRIL 2020 WANT TO DO OUR PLEDGE. HE'S  WORKED AS AN AIRCREW SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT MAN IN JACKSONVILLE, NORFOLK, AND PENSACOLA. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS INCLUDING TWO NAVY  COMMENDATION LEVELS, SIX NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS AND MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION, HIS FAVORITE  MEMORY WAS VISITING IWO JIMA,  WALKING IT STANDS AND LEAVING HIS ANCHOR. 
          SENIOR CHIEF ROSARIO  JOINED JROTC YOUNGER  WHEN HE  HONORED HIS UNCLE IN THE CLIMATE ARMY. HE JOINED THE NAVY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO PROTECT THE NATION THAT GAVE HIS  FAMILY OPPORTUNITIES. HE'S A VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER WITH OUR CLAY COUNTY SERVICE  VETERANS. WE THANK YOU  FOR YOUR TIME IN THE MILITARY AND CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD  LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. 
          >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
            THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE COMMISSIONERS, BOARD COMMISSIONERS . IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO SERVE THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, LIKE THE COMMISSIONER SAID. I JOINED AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY. IN DOING SO, I FOUND A WAY TO PAY BACK THIS NATION  THAT GAVE OUR FAMILY SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE GENERATIONS NOW BACK TO BACK, MY TWO GIRLS GROWING AND RECEIVING BENEFITS FROM THE VA . I STRIVE EVERY DAY  TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR BENEFITS GET THOSE SAME BENEFITS. I THANK YOU ALL AND THINK CLAY COUNTY, I DECIDED TO MY -- RETIRE, MY FIRST WAS HERE IN JACKSONVILLE 1998 IN MY LAST TOUR WITH BP 45, WE CHOSE THIS TO BE OUR HOME, WE CHOSE CLAY COUNTY AND I APPRECIATE IT. ALL OF YOU  FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT CLAY COUNTY 
          IS GREAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> PLEASE BE SEATED.  LET'S CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ORDER MARCH 26, 2024 BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR, I WILL TELL YOU WE ARE MISSING  ONE COMMISSIONER TODAY, COMMISSIONER RENNINGER ALONG WITH  THE DELEGATION THAT IS LOOKING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,  OUT-OF-STATE AND I WILL BE CHAIRING THE MEETING IN HIS ABSENCE, ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FROM CONGRESSMAN AARON BEAN, BRIAN CAMPBELL IS HERE  AS HE IS 
          [PET ADOPTIONS]
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OFTEN. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.  LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS,  TERESA HAS THOSE FOR US. 
          >> OUR FIRST ITEM IS HUNTER, A NEUTERED MALE , CATTLE DOG MAKES TWO YEARS OLD THAT WAY 61 POUNDS AT JUST TWO YEARS OLD. 
          HE'S ALREADY MASTERED THE ART OF LOOKING LIKE HE KNOWS ALL THE ANSWERS,  EVEN IF HE'S CONTEMPLATING HIS NEXT  TREAT, IF YOU NEED A  SHOULDER TO LEAN ON OR SOMEONE TO SHARE YOUR SNACKS WITH,  HE'S NOT JUST A GOOD BOY. HE'S A CONFIDANT, SIDEKICK AND PROFESSIONAL SECRET KEEPER  ADOPT HIM TODAY AND GET READY TO SPILL THE BEANS TO THE BEST LISTENER IN TOWN.  NEXT IS  KIRA, A HOUND MIX  THAT WEIGHS 8.4 POUNDS. 
          KIRA IS HERE TO  STILL YOUR HEART AND -- FILL YOUR DAYS WITH CUDDLES  AT TWO MONTHS OLD. SHE'S MASTERING THE ART OF BEING ADORABLE. SHE MAY BE SHY BUT DO NOT LET THAT FOOL YOU, ONCE SHE FILLS YOUR WARMTH AND KINDNESS , SHE BLOOMS INTO THE MOST LOYAL AND AFFECTIONATE COMPANION. OUR FIRST CAT TODAY IS SAMMY, NEUTERED MALE DOMESTIC SHORE HILL TWO YEARS OLD.  SAMMY IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF LAID-BACK  AND ADVENTUROUS WITH HIS ONE-OF-A-KIND WISHBONE MARKING ADORNING HIS FACE, SAMMY IS NOT JUST ANOTHER CAT, HE'S A LUCKY CHARM  WAITING TO BRING JOY INTO YOUR LIFE, HIS NATURE MAKES HIM A NATURAL  COMPANION FOR CUDDLE SESSIONS WHILE HIS COUNTRY ORE CITY MAKES HIM EXPLORE EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY. 
          LASTLY, WE HAVE AGNES, A SPAYED FEMALE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR TWO YEARS OLD. THE CERTIFIED  BISCUIT MAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE, SHE'S NOT JUST YOUR ORDINARY FELINE FRIEND. 
          SHE'S A MASTER OF THE  ART OF BISCUIT MAKING. SHE CAN TURN ANY BLANKET OR NAP INTO A COZY HAVEN OF COMFORT, DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE AGNES INTO YOUR LIFE. PREPARE TO BE ENCHANTED BY HER  PERSONALITY. WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF FOSTER PARENTS FOR DOGS, CATS, AND KITTENS.  THESE CONSIDER OPENING YOUR HOME TEMPORARILY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,  CONTEST US THAT CLAY COUNTY GOT.COM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING BUT CANNOT BRING ONE HOME, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST. 
          WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR FOSTER KITTENS AND ANIMALS. 
          GO TO AMAZON.COM, THAT COMPLETES  OUR PET ADOPTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU, TERESA, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WILL JOIN ME FOR TWO  PROCLAMATIONS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH TODAY. 
          TESTING.  TESTING, THERE WE GO. AS WE OFTEN DO, WE RECOGNIZE 
          [1.  American Red Cross Month (March 2024)]
SOME GROUPS ALONG WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. IT IS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH IF I CAN HAVE GARY PELLETIER AND HIS GROUP ,, ED CABLES, SLIP KRAMER, BILL SLATTERY. I UNDERSTAND HEATHER WILL BE HERE, TIM DEVON AND OUR VIEWER CHIEF, IF YOU COULD ALL COME UP . WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE FOLKS APPEAR IN A MOMENT.  FIRST, LET ME TELL YOU MARCH IS RECOGNIZED AS RED CROSS MONTH ACROSS THE NATION AND 2024. THERE WE GO, 2024 MARKS THE 134 ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND 110TH  ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST CHARTERED RED CROSS CHAPTER. 
          OUR NORTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER HAS ANSWERED THE CALL TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY  IN OUR COUNTY, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO SERVE US IN TIME OF NEED, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR REPRESENTATIVES, THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER IS HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION. AFTER  COMMISSIONER COMPERE READS THAT PROCLAMATION, WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WILL. 
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WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS FOUNDED IN 1881 TO PREVENT AND ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE FACE OF EMERGENCIES BY MOBILIZING THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS; AND WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RESPONDS TO AND PROVIDES FREE AID FOR MORE THAN 65,000 DISASTERS ANNUALLY; DELIVERS VITAL SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND VETERANS AT HOME AND OVERSEAS; AND PROVIDED LIFE-SAVING HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING TO MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2023; AND WHEREAS, MARCH IS RECOGNIZED AS RED CROSS MONTH ACROSS THE NATION AND 2024 MARKS THE 143RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF FLORIDA'S FIRST CHARTERED RED CROSS CHAPTER, ESTABLISHED HERE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA IN MARCH 1914; AND WHEREAS, THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PROVIDES ITS HUMANITARIAN SERVICES ACROSS THIRTEEN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 35-COUNTY RED CROSS NORTH FLORIDA REGION STRETCHING FROM THE FIRST COAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE BREADTH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE; AND WHEREAS, THE NORTH FLORIDA RED CROSS REGION PROVIDED 13,000 VITAL SERVICES TO MILITARY MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND FAMILIES, AND DEPLOYED MORE THAN 200 OF ITS 1,000 VOLUNTEERS IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANES AND OTHER DISASTERS IN FLORIDA AND NATIONALLY IN 2023. WHEREAS, THE NORTH FLORIDA REGION AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAVE REPEATEDLY ANSWERED THE CALL TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA HELPING MORE THAN 1,200 FAMILIES AFFECTED BY HOME FIRES OR OTHER DISASTERS IN 2023, INCLUDING 22 FAMILIES IN CLAY COUNTY. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2024, AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY AND IN SO DOING, COMMENDS THE VOLUNTEERS AND PAID STAFF OF THE NORTH FLORIDA REGION FOR THEIR CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN SERVICE TO CLAY COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHILE ENSURING THAT 90 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR DONATED GOES DIRECTLY TO MISSION SERVICE DELIVERY.  DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, ORDER THIS 26 DAY OF MARCH, 2024.  DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR,  AYE. IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> WHY DON'T WE HAVE YOU INTRODUCE FOLKS THAT ARE WITH 
          YOU HERE? SKIP? >> YES,  I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT EVERYBODY  OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE RED CAR'S -- RED CROSS, WE ARE CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT COVER THREE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS , ALL OF US VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. ED IS A BOARD MEMBER  AND HE WORKS FOR FOOD THAT A LADY  -- FIDELITY. BILL  AND HIS WIFE ARE SUPER VOLUNTEERS,  HE'S AT KEYSTONE HEIGHTS.  I LIVE UP UP UP  -- OFF OF DOCTORS LATE, WE HAVE TWO  STAFF, GARY PELLETIER WHO SERVES  AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER HERE  FOR CLAY COUNTY , RESPONSIBILITIES AND  I HAVE THEM IN MY TURF. THEN WE HAVE WHITNEY CARNEY  WHOSE OUR CHIEF OFFICER, WHITNEY HAS BEEN WITH US FOR TWO YEARS AND DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB, SHE HAD THE LONGEST COMMUTE TO COME HERE TODAY BUT I KNOW THAT SHE  DID IT GLADLY. I WILL GIVE IT TO 
          YOU. >> ALL RIGHT I JUST WANT TO SAY A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO CLAY COUNTY FOR RECOGNIZING AND PROCLAIMING MARCH AS RED CROSS MONTH EVERY YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE TRULY CELEBRATE  VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE UP 90% OF OUR WORKFORCE AND ALLOWS  $.90 TO GO TOWARDS OUR MISSIONS. JUST A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE , WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO AS WE SHARED, ABOUT 22 FIRES HAPPENS OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE CHANCES ARE BILL WILL BE THERE RESPONDING AND GIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, HELPING HIS FAMILIES,  I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE  PARTNERS, HAPPY 
          RED CROSS MONTH. >> WHITNEY,  POINTING OVER IN THIS DIRECTION WE HAVE  FOLKS THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE RED CROSS DURING TIMES OF  EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS, WE HAVE TIM DEVON WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WE ARE INVOLVED WITH . MEDICINE, WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY 
          SOMETHING?  YOU'VE GOT NOTES. >>  I WANT TO ECHO WHAT A LOT 
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OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID, THE RED CROSS TOUCHES MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS LIKE YOU SAID, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH . NOT STRICTLY HOUSE FIRES AND APARTMENT EVACUATION, SMOKE DETECTORS. THERE'S MANY THINGS THEY HELP US WITH, FLOODS, DISASTER DRILLS, EXERCISES. THERE'S MANY FACETS , THEY ARE A VALUABLE PARTNER WITH AN CLAY COUNTY WE CHERISH. THANK YOU. 
          [2.  Water Conservation Month (April 2024)]
  CONSERVATION MONTH SO WE HAVE FOLKS COME UP TO JOIN US TO GO THROUGH THAT . JEREMY JOHNSTON IS HERE FROM CC UA. DOUG WITH ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, GOVERNMENT COORDINATOR. DID ANYBODY MAKE IT FROM SOIL AND WATER?  AFTER WE READ THE PROCLAMATION, WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL. 
          WHEREAS, MORE THAN 90% OF FLORIDA'S DRINKING WATER IS SUPPLIED BY UNDERLYING AQUIFERS, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMY DEPEND ON A RELIABLE, CLEAN, AND AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF WATER; AND WHEREAS, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DESIGNATED APRIL, TYPICALLY A DRY MONTH WHEN WATER DEMANDS ARE HIGH, AS FLORIDA'S WATER CONSERVATION MONTH, TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP SAVE FLORIDA'S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES; AND WHEREAS, EVERY BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, SCHOOL, AND RESIDENT CAN HELP PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES BY PRACTICING WATER-SAVING MEASURES AND BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE NEED TO SAVE WATER; AND WHEREAS, FOR THIS, THE 26TH YEAR OF WATER CONSERVATION MONTH, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL  --  IT'S THE SAME AGE AS ME.  --FOCUS ON IMPROVING OUTDOOR IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; AND WHEREAS, IRRIGATION IS OFTEN THE BIGGEST USE OF WATER, AND FOLLOWING SIMPLE WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES SUCH AS MAKING SURE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, FOLLOWING WATERING RESTRICTIONS, USING A RAIN SENSOR, REPAIRING BROKEN OR MISDIRECTED SPRINKLER HEADS, AND REPAIRING ANY LEAKS OR CLOGS CAN MAKE A CONSIDERABLE IMPACT ON OUR WATER SUPPLY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2024, AS DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNT, FLORIDA THIS 26TH DAY OF MARCH 2024.  DO WE HAVE A MOTION?  WE HAVE TWO AT THE SAME TIME AND I AM SURE THAT THERE IS NO OPPOSITION.  ALL IN FAVOR. I KNOW DOUG  LOVES TO TALK ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION, I CAN HAND OVER THE PROCLAMATION OR MICROPHONE TO WHOEVER WANTS TO 
          -- >> THANK YOU. I'M PROBABLY SHORTER THAN DOUG'S COMMENT, I WILL GO FIRST. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.  TWO VERY IMPORTANT PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO WATER CONSERVATION,  CC UA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF WATER CONSERVATION, WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE PROGRAM IF SOMEONE'S METER IS RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE DAYS, WE ACTUALLY CALL THEM TO IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY  -- LEAKS AND OTHER ISSUES. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IS TAKE A SHAMELESS PLUG AND NEW INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE COMING, WE HAVE STARTED HIS TRANSITION AND BEGINNING APRIL 22ND,  THE NEW INFORMATION SYSTEMS GO LIVE WHICH WILL FURTHER EMPOWER CUSTOMERS TO MANAGE  THEIR WATER USE. THE SYSTEMS WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS  TO SET THEIR OWN ALARMS AND WATCH THEIR OWN WATER USE  AS WELL AS MAKE IT A LOT EASIER TO PAY THEIR BILLS, WE WANT TO AND ARE COMMITTED TO REMAINING AT THE FOREFRONT OF WATER CONSERVATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU.  HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE ? ARE YOU CERTAIN IT IS 
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5:00?   I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THIS IS THE 26TH YEAR WE HAVE DONE WATER PROCLAMATION BUT IS NOT A MONTH TO FIND  MODUS OPERANDI, IT'S A 24 SEVEN 365 AS WE SHOULD BE PRACTICING WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES AT OUR HOME AND GOT -- BUSINESSES EVERY DAY, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS AS THE -- IT'S MENTIONED IN PROCLAMATION, OUTDOOR IRRIGATION IS MUCH AS I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WATER THEIR STREETS AND DRIVEWAYS, THE GRASS NEVER SEEMS TO GROW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE USE EFFICIENCY  AND PREVENT LEAKS THAT UTILITY SYSTEMS HAVE A GREAT PREVENTION IDENTIFICATION. THAT WILL SAVE YOU SOME SHACKLES  WHEN YOU DO NOT SEE THE LEAK, WE APPRECIATE THAT. CONSERVATION DOES MATTER, YOU WANT TO DELAY THOSE ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE EXPENSIVE AS THE COUNTY AND UTILITY WILL SPEAK TO. THE DISTRICT IS SPENDING $100 MILLION PLUS TO BRING WATER FROM BLACK CREEK DOWN TO STONE --  KEYSTONE TO RECHARGE THE AQUIFER, THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT  NATURAL SYSTEMS AND HAVE AN IMPACT. WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT CHEAP, HIGH-QUALITY DRINKING WATER THAT IS ABOUT 1000 FEET BELOW HER FEET RIGHT NOW.  THERE IS NO ONE BEST APPROACH, YOU HAVE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE WITH THE UTILITIES  FAUCETS, SHOWERHEADS, TEACHING KIDS NOT TO TAKE A SHOWER THAT IS FIVE TAYLOR SWIFT SONGS LAUD  -- LONG. GET IN, TAKE A NAVY SHOWER AND GET OUT, THE DISTRICT LIKES CONSERVATION AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, TO THE TUNE OF $38 MILLION WITH 237 PROJECTS  SAVING UP TO 23.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY . THE BIGGEST PROJECT THAT WE TAKE PART IN IS THAT WE HELP PAY FOR OUR ARTESIAN WELLS THAT ARE ABANDONED OR UNUSED SINCE 1983,  TO THE TUNE OF $9 MILLION WE HAVE PLUGGED 3099 WELLS . AMAZINGLY, THAT NUMBER IN CONSERVATION IS 792.1 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY IN SAVINGS. WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY  PARTNERING WITH ALL SORTS OF --  THEY ARE GREAT AT PROVIDING EDUCATION MATERIALS TO MAKE CITIZENS WATER CONSERVATION WARRIORS, DARE I SAY  EVEN MR. OHTA WOULD BE A WATER CONSERVATION MORE RE-YOUR WITH ALL THESE TOOLS,  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.  THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR! THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> I WILL MAKE A PLUG FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IF ANY CITIZENS ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING OR IRRIGATION BEST PRACTICES, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO 
          YOU. >> I THINK WE ARE ALL AWARE 
          [Clay County Agricultural Fair]
THAT THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER COMING UPON US QUICKLY AND TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE  SURE'S OFFICE IS DOING TO NOT ONLY PROTECT YOU BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET AROUND  TO AND FROM THE FAIR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SHERIFF COOK IS HERE WITH A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED , SPECIFICALLY IN CHIEF OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS JEFF JOHNSON AND  THE SERGEANT WHO I UNDERSTAND HAS ALL THE DETAILS AS TO WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE AND THE SHERIFF WILL GET A START THIS AFTERNOON,  THANK YOU FOR 
          BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE FAIR.  WE REALLY HAVE THREE KEY AREAS OF INTEREST WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NUMBER ONE IS TRAFFIC, NUMBER TWO IS PARKING, NUMBER THREE IS SAFETY. WE WILL HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS  AND IN THE 
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SURROUNDING AREA TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC AND PARKING AND SAFETY, WE ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO IS ATTENDING  TO DOWNLOAD THE SAFER WATCH APP, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING TO US OR SEND US A SAFER WATCH APP TIP, TURNING IT OVER TO SERGEANT KITTLE'S  WHO CAN GO OVER THE TRAFFIC PLAN, THAT'S EVERYBODY'S BIGGEST CONCERN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU 
          HAVE ABOUT THE PLAN WE HAVE. >>  MY NAME IS RAY KETTLES , JUST TO TOUCH ON SOME THINGS AT THE END IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. LEADING UP TO THE FAIR, WE HAVE SEVERAL MESSAGE BOARDS OUT GIVING  FOLKS THAT ARE TRAVELING THE HIGHWAYS NOTICE THAT THERE IS  A POTENTIAL FOR DELAY BECAUSE OF HER TRAFFIC. WE HAVE THEM PLACED  IN A STRATEGIC AREA THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. COME NOT GOING TO LIST EVERY LOCATION BUT  THERE'S PROBABLY SEVEN TO EIGHT DIFFERENT MESSAGE BOARDS OUT. THE MAIN ENTRANCE  FOR THE FAIR IS STILL  OFF OF 16, WE HAVE A MESSAGE BOARD  AT SPRING BAY AND 16 LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT IS NOT A FAIR ENTRANCE, SEVERAL YEARS IN A WHIRL, GPS HAS LED SEVERAL FOLKS THERE SO WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT SO WE WILL NOT CAUSE MORE CONGESTION. 
          THERE WILL BE THREE EXITS LEAVING THE FAIR, ALL THOSE EXITS ONTO SPRING BANK , ONCE YOU GET TO SPRING VAGUE, YOU HAVE THE  OPTION OF TURNING LEFT AND GOING BACK TO 16, WE WILL HAVE THAT POSTED AT 16 HELP EXITING TRAFFIC GET OUT ALSO, YOU CAN TURN RIGHT AND TAKE IT TO SAUNDERS BACK TO 16 AND TRY TO AVOID SOME CONGESTION AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS.  WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL POSTED POSITIONS DURING THE FAIR,  MAINLY WHEN NEEDED BUT WE WILL HAVE TWO DEPUTIES OR PSA'S POSTED AT THE MAIN GATE, TWO DEPUTIES, FOUR PSA'S POSTED AT SPRING BANK  AND 16 WHEN NEEDED, WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL  POSTED POSITIONS WITHIN THE FAIRGROUNDS TO HELP TRAFFIC FLOW SMOOTHLY AND EASY AS POSSIBLE.  WHEN THE TIME OF NEED COMES, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO BRING IN TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AT A TIME AND TRY TO GET FOLKS TO PARK MORE QUICKLY. THIS YEAR, WE ARE TRYING -- A LOT OF CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS , WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME THINGS TO THE PARKING LOT TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, TRYING TO EXPAND THE PARKING AND HELP US GET CARS QUICKER.  WE ARE MOVING THE PARENT PICKUP FROM THE MAIN DRIVE INTO  THE FRONT GATE, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MAIN PARKING LOT, A DESIGNATED ROLE OF PARKING,  WHEN PARENTS SHOW BACK UP, THEY WILL HAVE A PARKING PLACE THAT THEY CAN PARK THEIR CAR , TURN THEIR FLASHERS ON UNTIL THEIR CHILDREN OR THE FOLKS THEY ARE PICKING UP CAN COME OUT, WE WILL GET THEM OUT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE LIEUTENANTS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY REGARDING SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY,  315 BACKS UP FROM TIME TO TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE THE FAIR TRAFFIC WILL AFFECT ANY EXITING OF THE SCHOOLS , HAPPEN, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY ARE GOING TO PASS MESSAGES ONTO THE SCHOOL TO PASS OUT TO PARENTS TO TRY TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING CAUGHT UP IN TRAFFIC, THEY DON'T NEED TO.  SHERIFF MENTIONED SAFER WATCH , THAT IS ALL I HAVE UNLESS  YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR  SERGEANT RAY KITTLES?   THANKS, SERGEANT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND THAT  WILL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL FAIR. 
          >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, JEFF JOHNSON, THE CHIEF OF NARCOTICS , ONE OF THE UNIFIED COMMANDERS FOR THE FAIR, FAIR DIRECTOR TOSHA HARDER, EXCUSE ME. BATTALION CHIEF DAVID KUYKENDALL MAKE UP THE LEADERSHIP FOR THE FAIR. I WANTED TO TOUCH ON OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE FAIR THIS YEAR , THERE'S THREE, THE FIRST BEING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL FAIR ATTENDEES AND STAFF  WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED EIGHT  TO 10 PERSON INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM WHICH WILL BE HOUSED AT THE EEOC, THEY HAVE GRACIOUSLY OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR US TO WORK OUT OF THERE, THAT FACILITATES A LOT OF LOGISTICAL FOR THINGS AS WELL. 
          THE INT OVERSEES THE FUNCTIONS AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY IS 
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CONCERNED FOR THE FAIR, WE WILL BE ON SITE AS LONG AS THE FAIR IS OPEN. WE HAVE CONDUCTED SOME INTERNAL  TRAINING AS FAR AS ACTIVE SHOOTER, ACTIVE -- THINGS OF THAT NATURE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,  WE HAVE WORKED WITH FAIR STAFF TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE WITH US , WE ARE ABLE TO CONTROL CROWDS AND THIGS OF THAT NATURE.  WE HAVE ESTABLISHED CONTINGENCY PLAN LIKE I SAID, ACTIVE ASSAILANT IS ONE OF THEM, SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY,  EVALUATION AND REUNIFICATION, WHETHER, RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT WITHIN AN INCIDENT, RESPONDING TO  MISSING PARENTS BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE NEVER LOST.  ALSO, FOR SPECIAL NEEDS SITUATIONS WE HAVE A PROTOCOL AND  WE HAVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING WITH FAIR STAFF ON THAT AS WELL,  THE SECOND OBJECTIVE WE HAVE IS THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT INGRESS AND EGRESS OF TRAFFIC FLOW,  THE SERGEANT TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THAT SO I WILL NOT REGURGITATE THAT, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS  OUR SAYING IS PACK YOUR PATIENCE, IT GETS BUSY IN TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN, JUST BE PATIENT, WE WILL GET YOU IN AS FAST AS WE CAN, OUR FINAL OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE TIMELY, INFORMATIVE, AND INSTRUCTIONAL  MESSAGING TO FAIR STAFFING GOERS, WE HAVE ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING PLATFORM THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED, WE DO A LOT OF FACEBOOK LIVE AND STARTED THAT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO . I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE PLANT GUY GIVING MESSAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT WORKED PRETTY WELL.  WE HAVE A JOINT P.I.O. MESSAGING BETWEEN THE DCC P.I.O. AND FAIR P.I.O. 
          AS  WELL, THAT'S ONE SOLID MESSAGE I GUESS IS HOW I WILL SAY THAT,  WE HAVE A FULL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS UNIT THAT IS THERE AT THE FAIR AND HANDLES JUST CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE FAIR, IT DOES NOT MATTER  IN THE STREET AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE EXECUTED THAT LAST YEAR AND THAT WORKED PHENOMENAL FOR US, WE HAVE ALSO  -- IN OUR OPERATIONAL RADIO SYSTEM, EVERYBODY  IS ON THE SAME CHANNEL SO TO SPEAK, THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS . WE KNOW EVERYTHING GOING ON INSTANTLY, IT IS NOT PASSED  WORD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT IS IMPORTANT, WE HAVE COVERT TACTICS, CAMERA SYSTEM. FAIR ZONE ASSIGNMENTS,  AMONG OTHER TACTICS WHICH I WOULD RATHER NOT DISCUSS PUBLICLY,  BUT I AM WELCOME TO OFF-LINE CONVERSATIONS WITH Y'ALL TO ANSWER ANY CONVERSATIONS ON THAT.  CCSO WILL BE WORKING 400 SAFETY POSITIONS FOR THE FAIR WHICH IS TRAFFIC, PARKING, ENTERTAINMENT AND, MIDWAY. OVER THE 11 DAYS WHICH IS ABOUT 45 TO 60 DEPUTIES PER SHIFT.  WE HAVE 11 DISPATCH POSITION SPREAD ACROSS THAT AS WELL . WE ARE RIGHT AT 600 HOURS OF SUPERVISORY POSITION -- HOURS AND 4000 NONSUPERVISORY HOURS , THAT IS QUITE A BIT AND 140 HOURS FOR DISPATCHERS.  WE ANTICIPATE THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR WE DID ABOUT 160,000 PEOPLE , TOSHA WOULD LIKE TO SEE 200,000 . THAT WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE RECORD.  BASICALLY, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE TO COVER TODAY SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          >> ANYBODY, QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF JOHNSON? 
          >> THANK YOU GUYS, I KNOW HOW MANY HOURS OF WORK IT TAKES IN COLLABORATION WITH MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO  KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE, I KNOW YOU HAD YOUR EXECUTIVE BRIEFING TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR KETTLE TO BE HERE AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. ANY CLOSING WORDS, 
          SHERIFF? >> NINE DAYS UNTIL THE FAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE PLANNING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SAFE AND FUN FAIR. 
          >> IN QUEUE,  I APPRECIATE IT. THAT IS IT FOR PRESENTATION, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS . I GUESS WE HAVE THE  CONTROLLER HERE, CHAIR GREEN, ANYTHING FROM YOU?  ANY OTHER 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
CONSTITUTIONAL'S --  SO, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD AND GET TO OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE BOARD MEETING MARCH 12 OF 2024, 
          ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS? >> I HAD ONE BUT IT WAS IN THE DRAFT , THE MINUTES WERE STILL IN THE DRAFT FORM AND WE GOT THAT CORRECTED, THE MINUTES FAR REFLECTIVE, I MOVE  FOR 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS]
          APPROVAL. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE 
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SAY AYE, AND HE OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES 4-0 WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE CORRECT TODAY. NOW WE MOVED TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS IS A PORTION OF THE AGENDA DESIGNED TO ALLOW RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD , THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR ENGAGING IN DEBATE OR  BACK AND FORTH TO ANSWER QUESTIONS,  YOU MAY MAIL EACH OF YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S SIMPLE, IT'S THEIR FIRST NAME. SECOND LAST NAME AND THEN IT IS AT CLAY COUNTY GO.COM . YOU CAN ALSO SEND AN EMAIL TO YOUR STAFF HERE  AT CLAY COUNTY GO.COM. PUBLIC COUNTY CARDS ARE  IN THE MEETING ENTRANCE, THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY ARE FILLED OUT AND PASS TO THE CHAIRMAN, ACTING CHAIRMAN THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO CALL YOU UP. YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. WE WILL GET STARTED WITH  THE CARDS AS THEY CAME IN,  JERRY, SALLY WHERE ARE YOU?   IF YOU WOULD, SIR. 
          JUST REPEAT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, DEBBIE CARPENTER WILL 
          BE UP NEXT. >> MY NAME IS JERRY CASALI, I LIVE AT -- PALMER STREET.  I AM A MEMBER OF THE  HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY . IT SEEMS  A TIMELY THING TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS AS A WHOLE, A PROBLEM THAT KEEPS CROPPING UP FOR US , THE  ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNTY  BY VOLUNTEERS, NAMELY WE HAVE THE HORSE -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY DO THE BEST WE CAN. THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY THROUGH CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE TO REFURBISH THE INTERIOR OF THE MAIN ROOM AND SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS  FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE MUSEUM, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE FACED IS THAT THERE IS A RECURRING  DIFFICULTY OF WATER PENETRATION FROM  THE ROOF.  IT HAS BEEN GETTING IN REPEATEDLY.  SOME CASES, DESTROYING  ORGANIC MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE IN  CUSTODY INSIDE THE MUSEUM.  AGAIN AND AGAIN, LIKE THE COUNTY IS  -- OR ITS OFFICERS HAVE INVESTED IN FIXING THAT  PROBLEM , BUT IT SEEMS THAT  WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IS AN OVERALL RECONFIGURATION OF THE ROOF , SO THAT THE WATER DOES NOT REMAIN ON THE FLAT AREAS  AND FIND ITS WAY AS IT INEVITABLY SEEMS TO BE DOING.  I KNOW IT WILL PROBABLY INVOLVE A BIGGER EXPENSE BUT  IF YOU CONSIDER ALL THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT ALREADY FOR PATCHWORK, AND OF COURSE IT IS  COMING BACK AGAIN DURING THE LAST BIG RAINY SEASON. WE HAVE TO PUT SHEETS OF PLASTIC  OVER SOME OF THE EXHIBIT TABLES AND EVERYTHING.  THIS SORT OF UNDERCUTS THE WHOLE IDEA  OF VISITORS BEING WELCOMED TO -- I HOPE THE COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER  SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE ROOF.  THIS WILL KEEP HAPPENING.  WE DON'T HAVE THESE  DOING THE PATCHWORK , WHICH IS NOT REALLY -- WE CAN HEAR WATER  DURING A RANIER WINDY SEASON.  THE NORTHEAST CORNER, IT IS INSIDE THE WALLS AND YOU CAN HEAR IT DRIPPING. COMING BACK INTO THE MAIN EXHIBIT ROOM,  I HOPE YOU CAN GET THE PICTURE  AND INVESTMENT AT  OF REAL  RESTRUCTURING FOR THAT GROUP  AND THE WAY THAT THE WATER CAN COME OUT  INTO A DOWNSPOUT SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY 
          ARE THE KEY.  THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JERRY.  WE WILL PASS THAT ALONG TO  FACILITIES AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY ANYONE WHO HAS A LEAKY ROOF WHO IS TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO --  PREVENT IT FROM LEAKING UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET THOSE THINGS FIXED, WE WILL MAKE SURE THE FACILITIES GET YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.  DEBBIE CARPENTER?  WHERE ARE YOU? 
          COME ON DOWN. >> HELLO. HELLO, DEBBIE. 
          >>  DEBBIE CARPENTER, 105 JENNINGS ROAD, I'M HERE OPPOSED TO ZONING TOURNEY -- 24 E- 005 THAT'S PART OF 
          [00:40:04]
ZONING DASH 24  -- ZONING 23 0029  AND COMP 24 003, IT ALL AS TO DO WITH THE AIRPORT SECTION ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 35.  I'M OPPOSED TO IT DUE TO THE DECREASE  IN THE LAB -- AND ALSO THE LAND USAGE. I NOTICED THAT THIS IS ON ZONING 24 005, THERE IS CHANGING THE RESTRICTIONS  IF I'M READING IT RIGHT. IF NOT, PLEASE CORRECT ME.  THERE'S A LOT MORE RESTRICTIONS THAN WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT FORWARD TO UNDER --  ZONING 230029  SO , I'M HERE MORE TO GET ANSWERS AND ANYTHING. ON THIS ORDINANCE THAT WILL AFFECT THE AIRPORTS,  THE VERSION DID NOT HAVE AS MUCH IS A NEW ONE WRITTEN UP, IT'S THROWING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION, A BIT ABOUT ALL THIS FROM Y'ALL. I WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT ON WHAT YOU THINK OF IT. HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT PEOPLE AT CLAY COUNTY , WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS, WHAT'S ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, THE AIRPORTS  IN THE COUNTY. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? 
          >> AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO BRING THAT UP. 
          WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT SO YOUR BEST RESULT IS TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD  AND TO COMMISSIONERS AT THIS POINT , WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL VERSION WE WILL BE  -- QUITE HONESTLY IT IS A STATE STATUE SO WE ARE TRYING TO ABIDE BY THAT.  IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, WE KNOW HOW TIME IN THIS POINT IN TIME BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DROP AN EMAIL TO ASK CLAY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEND YOU THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS BUT ALSO THE -- WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEN YOU GO FROM THERE TO START ASKING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. THIS IS FOR ANYONE ON THE 
          STAFF. >> THIS WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP BEFORE THE BOARD IN 2001, BROUGHT UP BEFORE THAT, THE SAME KIND OF ORDINANCE AND TRYING TO DO RESTRICTIONS ON AIRPORTS AND ALL THAT THAT TIME, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, WHEN IT CAME UP, IT WAS NOT --  THE COMMISSION DECIDED NOT TO PASS IT BECAUSE WE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA IS 
          OF THE STATUTE. >> THAT MAY STILL HAPPEN AGAIN AT THIS TIME. YOUR BEST BET IS TO DO THAT  INCREMENTALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FINAL WE ARE LOOKING AT AT THIS 
          TIME. >> I AM OPPOSED TO THIS ORDINANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT LAND VALUE DEPRECIATION AS WELL AS THE DECREASE IN MY LAND USAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
            
          >> I HAVE ONE MORE CARD, MR. AUTO? 
          >>  CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA HOTELS . I'M AGAINST NUMBER 18 SPENDING 30,000 NON-LACROSSE STUFF . THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN STUFF, IT'S CHILD ABUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE SUPPORTING IT. NUMBER 23, THE OLDER BUILDINGS CAUSED ALL THIS FLOODING AND STUFF.  I WOULD LIKE TO SEE Y'ALL QUIT.  I HAD AN ISSUE WITH  THE OT,  DON REFUSED TO DO THE VIDEO THAT WE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO, I'M JUST GOING TO 
          PLAY THE AUDIO. >> YOU ARE NOT, MR. AUTO. 
          PLEASE TURN THAT OFF.  NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHY DON'T YOU PARAPHRASE IT?   IF IT'S WITH D.O.T., THAT IS THE STATE AGENCY AND NOT A LOCAL AGENCY. 
          TURNED HIS MICROPHONE OFF, PLEASE.  WHO SAID THAT?  YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF SO NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU. 
          >> D.O.T. COMING TO MY PROPERTY. 
          >> FDOT. THAT'S FLORIDA D.O.T. , THAT'S NOT YOUR COMMENT, IT'S THEIR COMMENT. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GIVE US THE COMIC, WE WILL HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO YOUR AUDIO. WHY DON'T YOU SUM IT UP AND TELL US WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.  I'M GOING TO WARN YOU ONE MORE TIME, MR. 
          OTTO .  COUNTY ATTORNEY . >> WHAT ARE YOU INTERRUPTING MY 
          PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I'M TRYING TO TELL US  WHAT IS WRONG, NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR AUDIO. 
          [00:45:01]
          >> WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT, I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS, WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT. IF YOU GO BACK BEFORE THAT, YOU SHOULD TALK TO MR. CONKEY OR SOMEONE ELSE. 
          >>  PRESENT.  THAT'S FINE, THEN THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT AT THEIR LEISURE AND RESPOND TO IT IF THEY DECIDE TO, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GIVE US AN IDEA AS TO WHAT YOUR PROBLEM WAS WITH D.O.T. EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE DOHERTY. 
          >> I GOT ALL THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THEY DUG UP THE DIRT IN THE GRASS WHICH HAS BEEN FINE FOR 22 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. PUT ALL THESE ASPHALT  MILLINGS DOWN  WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT HAS AN EASY BASE AND IT, A HUGE PROBLEM THIS COUNTY HAD WITH THEIR ASPHALT . THEY WILL NOT EVEN ASPHALT ON TOP OF IT, THEY JUST CAME OVER HERE TO DUMP THE STUFF IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTIES.  I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND  I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF THIS STUFF IS TOXIC, BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE ASPHALT AND NOT BE ABLE TO LEACH INTO PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, I SENT YOU GUYS A LADY WHERE HER KID IS SICK BECAUSE OF THIS STUFF.  I JUST -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS OVERGROWTH YOU ARE PUSHING ON THE COUNTY, AND YOU DID NOT COLLECT FOR IT, THOSE IMPACT FEES, YOU CALLED ME OUT ON THAT THE OTHER MEETING HERE IT 
          >> WE DO HAVE IMPACT FEES, WE ALSO HAVE MOBILITY FEES, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FEES  THAT BUILDERS -- IT'S UP TO $30,000 PER HOUSEHOLD SO WE DO HAVE THAT. 
          >> YOU'VE LOST OVER $60 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM NOT 
          HAVING -- >>  THEY GO COLLECT IT, BECAUSE HE'S NOT YOUR ANY LONGER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, WE ASK YOU TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC 
          COMMENT. >>  NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT,  I'M OVER THREE MINUTES BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD LET ME FINISH MY 
          PRESENTATION WITH THE AUDIO. >> I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP 
          NICELY FOR US. >> PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, I'M NOT STOPPING YOU. ANYONE ELSE  HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AS OF THIS 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
MOMENT, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO PULL OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT?  IF YOU DON'T , I WILL ACCEPT  A 
          MOTION TO >> APPROVAL.  SECOND. 
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND,  ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY  AYE, AND HE OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES 4-0 .  ALL RIGHT, SO, LET'S SEE.  ITEM NUMBER  25 . 
          [25.  Follow up related to CIP and Municipal Financing (T. Nagle)]
          >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE MEETING WE HAD  LAST BOARD MEETING, SOME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT FINANCING,  WE WANT TO BRING THOSE ANSWERS BACK TO THE BOARD, COULD YOU KEEP GOING? KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING, RIGHT THERE. TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS WERE POSED. 
          INDIVIDUALLY, WE PROVIDED YOU COPIES OF THIS, ONE WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT DOING A LOAN, WE LOOKED AT DOING A $45 MILLION LOAN  TO PAY FOR THE FIRE STATIONS AND WHILE THAT WOULD WORK OUT TO PAY FOR FIRE STATIONS, OVER THE FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD, THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU ABOUT $5 MILLION WHICH  FOR MY RECOLLECTION FOR THE BOARD, YOU ARE LOOKING TO ALSO FUND 20, THE LOAN OPTION , WHILE IT PROVIDES FOR FIRE STATIONS WILL NOT BE PROVIDING FOR THE 220 PROJECT THAT WAS ASKED FOR , GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE OTHER QUESTION  WAS ABOUT SALES TAX AND WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IF WE LOOKED AT  -- TRY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, PROVIDING EACH OF YOU  A FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT BUT WHAT I DID WAS BOIL THAT DOWN TO THIS ONE PAGE, FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT LISTED THINGS LIKE OPERATIONAL PROJECTS,  PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL, VEHICLES, SHERIFF'S OFFICE VEHICLES , PUBLIX WORKS VEHICLES, ROAD RESURFACING WHICH REALLY  IS THE START OF YOUR SALES TAX,  THEN IT LISTED OUT ALL THE GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS AND THE IMPACT BE PROJECTS , ONCE YOU REMOVE ALL OF THOSE, THE LIST I'VE SAID BEFORE YOU IS ONE THAT IS FUNDED 100% JUST OUT OF CIP 
          [00:50:02]
SALES TAX, THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, THE YELLOW ITEMS AT THE TOP ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNDER THE UNDER CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN LED.  BASICALLY TO SUMMARIZE, THE END RESULT  IS ABOUT $25 IN SPENT, AVAILABLE  SALES TAX ONLY PROJECTS OF THAT  10 MILLION THIS YEAR,  ANIMAL SHELTER, 5 MILLION FOR THE FIRE STATION 24 AND  2.7 FOR THE BURN BUILDING, I KNOW THOSE THREE PROJECTS WORLD PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT, FUNDING GOING FORWARD . OF THAT, THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU  THE REMAINDER . UNLESS HE WANTED TO REMOVE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, SALES TAX FUNDING. I THINK THAT KINDA ANSWERS THE QUESTION THAT WE WERE ASKED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. I DO HAVE THE SLIDE DECK AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK OVER PREVIOUS INFORMATION. I WILL SAY THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND MYSELF THAT WE MET WITH WELLS FARGO TO TALK ABOUT  LOAN VERSUS BOND OPTIONS.  I WILL DEFER TO THE COMPTROLLER OFFICE AND CLERK'S OFFICE,  I DO FEEL THAT IN THAT DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THEM THAT WE WE  -- FINANCING THE BOND, IT WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION DUE TO INTEREST RATES BUT  I WILL LET THE CLERK SPEAK TO ANY OF THAT 
          >> JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT IN THE MARKET, NO, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING.  LOAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BETTER OPTION BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MARKET HAS SHIFTED  AND INFORMATION WE GOT FROM WELLS FARGO. THANK YOU, BRIAN, FOR BEING HERE. HE'S A REPRESENTATIVE.  WORKING WITH THIS , GOING WITH BOND WOULD BE THE MORE A VIABLE OPTION  AS WELL AS MAYBE SOME OTHER POTENTIAL FUTURE WAYS TO LOOK AT FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROJECT. 
          >> I WANT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT TRANSPIRED SINCE THE LAST MEETING. HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.  LAST TIME, OR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, REITERATE THAT I HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN OUR FIRE CHIEF GETS HIS JOB  TO IDENTIFY WHERE FIRE STATIONS NEED TO BE BUILT. ARGUABLY, WE ARE TWO YEARS  TOO LATE AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF. THE REALITY IS SINCE 2000, THERE'S BEEN ONE NEW FIRE STATION ADDED.  IN OAK LEAF, STATION 11 WAS BUILT  BUT IT WAS A REPLACEMENT.  ALL OF THOSE FIRE STATIONS AND CLAY COUNTY ARE OLD  VOLUNTEER STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN , COUNTIES MAY DO WITH. WE ARE NOT THAT SMALL COUNTY ANYMORE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS DESERVE A GREAT  ENVIRONMENT TO WORK IN WHEN THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING IN MY  OPINION. I TALKED TO THE FIREFIGHTERS, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. THEY SUPPORT THIS EFFORT AND WOULD ASK US TO MOVE QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN BUILDING THESE FIRE STATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . WHILE SOME OF THESE ARE NOT NEW FIRE STATIONS, THEY ARE ADDING CAPACITY AT THOSE STATIONS. 
          COMING RIGHT BEHIND IT, ALERTED ME TO POSSIBLY WANTED TWO MORE BEYOND THAT.  WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WITH THE CHIEF AND WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS.  BOND FINANCING FOR FIRE STATIONS AND BURN BUILDING. 
          >> I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, DISCUSSION?  ANYONE WITH DISCUSSION?  THIS IS ACTUALLY TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION  TO  COME BACK WITH ALL THE SPECIFICS THAT WE WILL NEED ON -- WHICH I BELIEVE IS SCENARIO ONE , IS THAT THE ONE YOU ARE REFERRING -- 
          >> THAT WAS THE ONE THAT SEEM TO HAVE THE MOST CONSENSUS AROUND IT AT THE LAST -- MY ONLY ARGUMENT FOR  SCENARIO THREE WAS THAT WE COULD INCLUDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY WAREHOUSE BUT 
          [00:55:06]
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF, WHILE THAT IS A PRIORITY, THERE WAREHOUSE IF IT IS UP FOR SALE, IF IT GETS SOLD, THEY ARE IN A BAD PLACE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN LAND IDENTIFIED YET  SO WE MAY BE PREMATURE TO MOVE FORWARD ON WHERE  A LOCATION OF A WAREHOUSE WOULD GO.  I THINK THAT SCENARIO ONE WOULD BE THE BEST. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE STAFF A SPECIFIC DIRECTION OBVIOUSLY,  I PREFER TO HAVE THE CHAIR INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION, IN THAT BOAT WHEN IT COMES. I THINK SCENARIO ONE IS THE ONE THAT  YOU ARE REFERRING TO. THAT IS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THE CASE. THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY  WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THAT TO 20 PROJECT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY WE CAN POSSIBLY TALK ABOUT  IN THE LIBRARY, OR AT LEAST A PORTION OF THAT TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE OR WHATEVER ELSE THE BOARD DESIRES AS WE GO, THAT WILL BE FOR OUR FUTURE CONVERSATION. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS?   OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO  BRING BACK TO US WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SCENARIO ONE, THEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT THE TIME AND MAKE SURE WE GET ALL OF OUR BASES COVERED. IT CALLING IN TO QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE, AND HE OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES.  DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH -- TO MOVE FORWARD ON -- THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  ALL RIGHT,  WE ARE COMING 
          [26.  RFP No. 23/24-040, Design-Build of the Traffic Signal at Eagle Landing Parkway and Oakleaf Plantation Parkway (K. Smith)]
UP ON NUMBER 26 , NEW BUSINESS. WE ARE A COUPLE MINUTES AWAY FROM  TIME CERTAIN, I THINK WE GET AT LEAST 26 , KAREN IS 
          QUICK ABOUT THIS STUFF. >> YES SIR. THE ITEM HERE  IS AN RP WE ISSUED FOR DESIGN BUILD FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND AT EAGLE LANDING OAK LEAF MENTATION PUT UP AS A DESIGN BID -- BUILD BID  AND WE RECEIVED ONE BID  WHILE THE COMPANY HAS QUALIFIED ALONG WITH THEIR DESIGN BUILD TEAM, THE PROPOSAL CAME IN OVERBUDGET, REALLY DOUBLE THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD. I TALKED WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM, THE DESIRE IS TO USE ONE OF OUR CONSULTING CONTRACTS ENGINEERING CONSULTING CONTRACTS TO HAVE THE SIGNAL DESIGNED  AND THEN PUT IT BACK OUT AS ONE OF OUR TRADITIONAL BIDS TO SEE IF WE GET MORE COMPETITION. 
          >> THE THOUGHT IS THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A DESIGNED BUILD,  YOU WOULD CAUSE US TO HAVE THE ONE BID? 
          >>  WE ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN BUT YES SIR, WE DON'T DO A LOT OF DESIGN BUILD BID SO, WE CAN HAVE IT DESIGNED THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DESIGNED  AND THEN SEE IF WE GET BETTER BIDS, MORE COMPETITION. 
          >> OKAY. I WOULD IMAGINE I MEAN, WE RUN INTO TROUBLE WITH SIGNALS  RECENTLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE BOX OR SOMETHING, THE SLIGHT CHANGES HAVE -- IN THAT REGARD  BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ON THE FREIGHTER THAT CONNECTED WITH THE BRIDGE IN THE BALTIMORE AREA TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR  THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME ABOUT THAT? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION 
          . >> APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND?   ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?  ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. THEN HE OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES 4-0 . IT IS 5:00  ON THE NOSE, THANK YOU, 
          [30.  Final Public Hearing to Consider ZON-24-0003, Proposal Addressing Land Clearing Disposal Conditional Use (E. Lehman, D. Selig)]
KAREN. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR TIME CERTAIN, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE AGENDA, WE MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER 30 WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE ITEMS  THAT ARE HANDLED TIME CERTAIN WHICH MEANS AT 5:00, WE ASSUMED THEREAFTER WE CAN BE HEARD. WE MOVED TO NUMBER 30, THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING THAT CONSIDERS 24 DASH 003.  THE PROPOSAL WHICH WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE  ADDRESSING LAND CLEARING DISPOSAL USE, WE ARE HERE TO GUIDE US FORWARD ON SOMETHING ELSE. 
          >> ON THAT ITEM, WE ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE AND ALSO ZONING AND PROGRESS MOTION. IF YOU WOULD, SO THAT 
          WE COULD -- >> OKAY. THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE 
          THOSE CHANGES . >> WE DON'T NEED TO COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC DATE TO MOVE THIS TO, IT IS JUST A ZONING IN 
          PROGRESS WILL COVER US. >> WE HAVE THREE BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT WILL REQUIRE -- WE WILL TAKE EFFECT 
          [01:00:02]
          THE PLANNING. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION OF CONTINUANCE IN ZONING AND PROGRESS? 
          >> I MOVED TO CONTINUE WITH WITH THE INCLUSION OF DESIGNATION OF ZONING AND PROGRESS. 
          >> EVEN THOUGH WE --  WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS, WE DID ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING SO WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC HEARING . 
          LET'S OPEN PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS 
          PARTICULAR ISSUE? >>  CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA HOTELS 
          --  ARE YOU STILL ON THE BOND? >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NUMBER 30 ON YOUR AGENDA, A PROPOSAL WHICH WILL ADDRESS  ZONING.  WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING IT , WE WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. 
          >>  OKAY, I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO SAVE THESE TREES  THAT ARE JUST BEING KNOCKED DOWN. 
          >> THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING ISSUE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THAT.  AT LEAST FOR 
          THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. >> ALL RIGHT THEN. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE?  WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING . 
          >> WE STILL MOVED TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM WITH THE DESIGNATION 
          OF ZONING PROGRESS. >> SECOND. 
          >> I THOUGHT YOUR SECOND ATTEMPT WAS VERY GOOD. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A SECOND, ANY 
          FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT I APOLOGIZE I'M MAKING STAFF WORK HARDER. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR LANDOWNERS ESPECIALLY IN OUR RURAL AREAS. THE DISTRICTS HAVE ONE OF THESE FACILITIES  APPROVED TO -- CURRENTLY.  THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND HARD WORK. 
          >>  WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY 
          [31.  Final Public Hearing to consider adoption of ZON-24-0005 (renumbering of Art. III, Sec. 3-5) (D. Selig)]
AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES 4-0. WE GO TO NUMBER 31.  24 DASH 
          0005.  WEIRD NUMBERING. >> IN ATTEMPTING TO BRING FORWARD A PROPOSED  REPORT, REGULATIONS WE WOULD NEED TO ADD A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO THE CONDITIONAL USES  AND WE LOOKED AT LOOKING AT THAT LIST, WE WOULD NEED TO RENUMBER. ALL OF THE -- ALTHOUGH SEPARATE FROM THE PROPOSED POTENTIAL AIRPORT REGULATION.  IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT NOW, THAT IS JUST THE INITIAL IMPETUS. THIS IS REALLY  LITERALLY RENUMBERING IN GETTING IT BACK OUT . THERE IS NO ACTIONS, NOTHING CHANGES. 
            QUESTIONS, ANY MOTIONS?  PUBLIC HEARING, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. 
          LET'S OPEN PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON 
          NUMBER 31 SPECIFICALLY? >> YES HER. 
          >>  CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA HOTELS. BEEN WATCHING THESE MEETINGS EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT MADE A HERE, ABOUT THESE  AIRPORTS, APPROVING STUFF EVEN THOUGH THEY ASK YOU NOT TO.  SO -- I JUST ASK YOU TO WATCH THIS YEAR APPROVING. WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE IN IT.  I JUST ASK YOU TO RELOOK AT THIS  MESS YOU ARE MAKING FOR US TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTY. 
          >> THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE? CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. 
          >> WE DO. >> I'M SORRY PICK REOPEN 
          PUBLIC HEARING. >> I SHOULD WAIT.  WHAT I OPPOSE, I DON'T  SUPPOSE YOU RENUMBERING THINGS, I JUST OPPOSE THAT IT ADDS THINGS INTO A LIST . GET ADS ONTO IT, WHERE YOU ORIGINALLY STARTED, AND OTHERS MORE. THAT'S WHAT I APPROVE -- OPPOSE. IT'S MORE RESTRICTION TO LAND-USE.  SPEAK WE ARE PHYSICALLY JUST RENUMBERING THE THINGS ALREADY 
          THERE. >> YOU DON'T  HAVE TO DO IT NOW, IFYOU LOOK AT WHERE THE STATUE IS AND WHAT IT SAYS , YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST OF WHAT IS BEING'S PROPOSED, IT DOES OUGHT A LOT MORE INTO IT, IT BREAKS IT DOWN, IT HAS 30 
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SOMETHING  LISTED UNDER IT. ONCE YOU GET TIME, LOOK AT IT. 
          I DO A POSE. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE  COMMENTING ON NUMBER 31, THE RENUMBERING? OKAY, NOW I GUESS I AM SAFE, WE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. 
          >> THIS IS SPECIFIC TO JUST THE CONDITIONAL USES IN ZONING CODE, IT IS NOT THE AIRPORT ZONING  ORDINANCE CORRECT? SO, TO RENUMBER AND RE-ALPHABETIZE JUST THE CONDITIONAL USES OF THE ARTICLE THREE SECTION 35 CONDITIONAL USES OF THE  ZONING CODE, I MOVE APPROVAL. 
          >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >>  THANK YOU.  ANY DISCUSSION? 
          [32.  Final Public Hearing to consider COMP 24-0001. (District 2, Comm. Compere) (B. Carson)]
HEARING NO DISCUSSION, WE HEAR A CALL TO QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AND HE OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES 4-0 ON TO NUMBER 32 , THIS IS A COM P  -- COMP 24-0001 , BEN CARSON JOINS US 
          TO WALK US THROUGH THIS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF  COMP 24-0001 . THE APPLICANTS ARE DUANE PADGETT, SHIRLEY PADRON, AND SHIRLEY PATTON SMITH. THE AGENT IS BRIAN SMALL  WHO IS REPRESENTED TODAY BY MAX ANDERS AND THE ENGINEER IS HERE AS WELL.  THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SMALL SCALE LAND-USE AMENDMENT, 7.71 ACRES  FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO  BRANAN FIELD MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY. IT'S IN THE  RIDGEWOOD PLANNING DISTRICT, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER COMPERE'S DISTRICT. THEY HEARD THIS ITEM ON MARCH 5TH.  THE PARCEL IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF JENNINGS ROAD , JUST WEST OF THE INTERCEPTION OF ALLIE MARY ROAD AND OLD JENNINGS.  THE PROPOSED USE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS OUR NOTIFICATION MAP  AND THOSE ARE THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, IT'S A 350 FOOT BUFFER WHICH IS STANDARD.  THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING LAND USE, THE ITEM IS THE SITE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. CURRENTLY, THE YELLOW IS THE ROLE RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS THE OLD  CATEGORY  PRIOR TO  THE BRANAN FIELD MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY. YOU WILL SEE A LIGHTER BROWN WHICH IS THE BRAND AND FIELD  -- BRANAN FIELD  MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY THAT WAS REQUESTED BACK IN 2017.  THE AREA IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT , YOU WILL SEE THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ALL WITHIN THE BRANAN FIELD MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. THIS MAP IS A  EXPANDED VIEW OF  JUST THE GENERAL AREA OF BRANAN FIELD MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY . THE BLUE IS HIGHLIGHTING THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLATTED AND APPROVED.  SO, I'M SHOWING THIS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT  WE BELIEVE THE INTENT OF THIS AREA IS, TO SERVE AS A TRANSITION AREA FROM THE BIG, PINK AREA WHICH IS THE ACTIVITY AREA WHERE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. WE ARE BRINGING THAT OVER TO THE  FAR LEFT WHICH IS JENNINGS FOREST . THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT YOU SEE JUST EAST OF JENNINGS FOREST ARE A LARGER  LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS.  WE HAVE  OUR CREEKS AND LAKES, THOSE ARE ALL SMALLER LOTS.  THEY HAVE GOT THAT ABILITY TO GO TO THE SMALLER LOT , THE MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY,  THEY JUST PROVIDED BONUS  DENSITY BECAUSE  OF PRESERVING PCN AND OTHER GOOD LANDS, THAT'S HOW THEY GOT TO HAVE THE SMALLER LOTS.  THAT'S ANOTHER SHOT OF THAT, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE EXISTING LAND USE, SUBDIVISIONS WERE PART OF THE B FRS, WHEN THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO GET HIGHER DENSITY.  THOSE ARE SMALLER LOTS, THIS AREA IS IN THE MIDST OF THE WHOLE AREA THAT IS ALREADY TRANSITION TO HIGHER DENSITY.  AT THE 
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PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED OF HOW THIS BRANAN FIELD MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WORKS . 
          THAT ACTUALLY HAD MULTIPLE DENSITY AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S THREE SUB ZONES THAT EXIST IN THE CATEGORY. THEY ARE NOT MAPPED, THEY ARE BASED ON PLANNING JUDGMENT. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT,  WAS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. THAT'S WHERE YOUR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL  CAN BE LOCATED, THE VILLAGERS OWN IS INTENDED TO HAVE A HIGHER DENSITY.  THEN IT RADIATES OUT TO THE SUBURBAN ZONE WHICH IS REALLY DENSE. AS FAR AS MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY,  OVER TO THE EXISTING RULE SUBURB THAT WAS  PRIOR, THEN AGAIN TRANSITIONING TO  JENNINGS FOR US.  THEY REDUCE DENSITY ACROSS THE AREA.  THEY WERE EXISTING -- ONE UNIT PER 5 ACRES.  THE B FRS WHICH IS THE LIGHTER BROWN IS ONE UNIT PER 5 ACRES AS WELL.  IF THEY  GOT THE BONUS, THEY CAN DEVELOP AT A DENSITY OF ONE UNIT PER ACRE.  THE ANALYSIS OF THIS, THE  -- LOCATED IN THE URBAN  AREA WHERE THERE IS WATER AVAILABLE WERE PLANNED TO BE EXTENDED. TRAFFIC IMPACTS WOULD BE MET WITH MOBILITY OF THE SYSTEM. THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT,  SOLID WASTE CAPACITY. THERE IS CAPACITY AVAILABLE WITH OUR SYSTEM NOW PICK RECREATION IMPACT FEES  ARE DUE AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT LOCATED IN FLOODWAY AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT HABITATS . TOPOGRAPHY IS GENERALLY FLAT, THERE'S NO IMPACT TO CAMP LANDING.  THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS 4/10 OF A MILE AWAY FROM THE BRANAN FIELD  ACTIVITY CENTER. THERE IS A RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AS WELL,  WE FEEL THAT POSITIONS INAPPROPRIATELY FOR SOME HIGHER DENSITY.  THAT WOULD BE IN THE BRANAN FIELD AND PC, THE  PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED 7-1  FOR APPROVAL, STAFF OKORO -- ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, THE AGENTS ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I WOULD BE HAPPY 
          TO ANSWER THEM. >> ALEXA, IF ANYBODY'S GOT QUESTIONS FOR BETH. COMMISSIONER COMPERE, IT'S YOUR DISTRICT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LEAD.  ASK ANY 
          QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> YES, SO  NO, BETH I THINK THE BRIEFING ON THIS ONE WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE?   I HAVE A QUESTION FOR RICHARD. 
          >> I FORGOT EARLIER WHEN WE TALKED  TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS. 
          MY QUESTION ABOUT THIS IS REALLY MORE IN GENERAL ON OLD JENNINGS. ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR EXPANSION? 
          >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE  AN EXPANSION, AND INTERSECTION TO APPROVE THAT OLD JENNINGS. THERE IS REALLY  -- IT WILL NEED RESURFACING.  THERE WAS WIDENING WITH IT BEING PRETTY MUCH A DEAD END FOR THE FOREST. THERE IS NOT ANY,  THERE'S A PROJECT THAT IS  -- THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE AND WE ARE  SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING  AT LONG BAY AND OLD JENNINGS. THAT DOES ADD 
          A LEFT TURN LANE. >>  WOULD THIS REQUIRE A  TURN LANE, AND HE  TURN LANE?   I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, IT IS A  -- WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A SUICIDE LEFT TURN TO GO TO WORK 
          FOR THESE RESIDENTS. >>  IT'S 50 LOTS AT 50 UNITS, 
          FOR THE THRESHOLD. >>  THIS HAS 34 HOMES, IT WOULD NOT MATTER  FOR ANY TURN LANES. 
          >> THE DECELERATION LANE TO TURN IN.  THERE WOULD NOT BE A REQUIREMENT, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND DO A REAL STUDY AND 
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SEE THAT 500 TRIP GENERATED A DAY .  FOR LEFT TURNS, OKAY. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?  LET'S OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. 
          >> BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN ONLY HEAR  -- CAN WE HEAR FROM THE 
          AGENT? >> THANK YOU.  THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNIY TO  SPEAK, 3948 38 SOUTH JACKSON BEACH. THANK YOU FOR THAT NICE PRESENTATION. AS THE AREA OF OUR SITE, WE ARE SEEKING WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF US . I KNOW THAT THERE IS KIND OF A WIDE RANGE OF DENSITY THAT THE LAND-USE ALLOWS . ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE 12 UNITS AND THE ACRE, WHATEVER MAY BE PERMISSIBLE BY THAT LAND USE CATEGORY.  THE CURRENT APPLICATION WE SUBMITTED HAD FOUR ON IT. I WILL STAND BY. 
          >>  HAVE YOU  -- WE WOULD LIKE TO BE CLEAR ON WHETHER YOU HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORING OR THOSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD . THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. 
          >>  THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST , THAT'S ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT COMING.  THAT IS I THINK  70 HOMES MAYBE,  THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE LAST  WE HAD TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH. 
          POSTCARDS, MAILERS,  WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM.  WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANY OTHER NEIGHBORS , THE NEIGHBORS ARE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OUR 
          PARCEL. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION IF I COULD, LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THAT YOU HAD WITH THE PACKET. YOU ONLY HAD THE ONE  ENTRANCE AND EXIT. PUTTING IT TO THE EAST, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WORKED OUT WITH THE FOLKS FROM HIGHLAND TO ROUTE THAT  SECOND WHAT WOULD BE AN EXIT THROUGH THEIR 
          DEVELOPMENT? >> YOU TALKED ABOUT -- THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THE SITE PLAN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THAT ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE CASE ANYMORE. THE HIGHLAND SUBDIVISION HAS HAD -- THE ENGINEERING PROCESS. 
          MAYBE NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO  KIND OF MAKE THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY CONNECTION.  I DO NOT BELIEVE AT THIS POINT IT IS OUR INTENTION TO CONNECT WITH HIGHLAND PARK. WHENEVER WE SUBMIT  THAT TO STAFF, WE WILL FOLLOW DIRECTION. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND THAT,  I WAS LOOKING AND YOU SAID YOU MADE CONTACT.  AS FAR AS A FORMALIZED ARRANGEMENT, YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION.  ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT 
          THIS TIME? >> IN TERMS OF  STORM WATER, YOU HAVE THE ONE POND YOU HAVE TO BE WORRIEDOUT  -- WORRIED 
          ABOUT. >>  WE REFERENCED MR. BILL 
          SHEAFFER. >> I WAS GOING TO CALL HIM -- ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT STORMWATER SHAVEN. 
          >>  50 X 110, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A 50 FOOT  MINIMUM WITH FOR THAT, NBC LAND-USE CATEGORY, 40 LOTS IF YOU ARE SORTED BY REAR ALLEYWAY. THAT IS POSSIBLE , IT WILL BE 50' X 100 OR MAYBE A LITTLE DEEPER THAN 110. 120 IS USUALLY THE DEPTH WE TRY TO ACHIEVE . 
          >> YOU GOT THAT KIND OF DEPTHS, ARE YOU ABLE TO MOVE  THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE HOMES BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT  THE CARS PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY WILL NOT  BE OVERLAPPING ANY SIDEWALK THAT MIGHT BE THERE. 
          >> ULTIMATELY, I GUESS WE WILL CONFORM TO THE  -- WHATEVER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT  SHOW IS.  I DID NOT MEAN TO  JUMP ADD. 
          FINAL ONE FOR MAX, ANYBODY? LET'S GET MR. SCHAFER UP . 
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THANK YOU, MAX. LET'S GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE.  WILLIAM SCHAFER, PRESIDENT OF THE MEAN AND ENGINEERING, 1935 CIALELLA SPACE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO POINT OUT TO US BEFORE WE ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? 
          >> WE ORDER TOPOGRAPHY AND WE LOOKED, WE HAVE A GENERAL IDEA. 
          TO SOME THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED.  THAT'S A PRETTY DRY PROPERTY, DO YOU HAVE SOME CONSIDERATIONS THERE?   PART OF THE PROPERTY DRAINING STUFF IS PHYSICALLY -- TO THE NORTH. WE OOK THAT -- WE HAVE A LITTLE   WATER RUNOFF. IT'S OFF TO THE FRONT.  THAT BEEN SELF IN THAT DIRECTION.  PRETTY GOOD SIZE, YES THERE.  AS FAR AS WHAT WAS IN THE CODE, WE FINALLY TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE OLDER DEVELOPMENTS WITH THESE . ARE WE PLANNING ON HAVING SIDEWALKS? AT LEAST ON ONE 
          SIDE. >> WE ARE INTENDING TO HAVE 
          SIDEWALKS . >> THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE HOUSES BACKED UP ENOUGH SO THAT A BIG F-150 THAT IS 25 FEET  LONG WITH A TRAILER HITCH DOES NOT BLOCK THE SIDEWALKS.  I'M ASKING AN UNFAIR QUESTION. 
          >> RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S MORE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER BUT I WILL SAY THIS, GENERALLY I THINK THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A 20 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE ROAD WHICH IS FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, SOME ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 20 FEET OF A SETBACK FROM ALLOWING IT , THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THOSE BIG TRUCKS, MOST PEOPLE DRIVE  SMALLER CARS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF FUEL. 
          TYPICALLY REQUIRES THAT WE RESET THE GARAGE BACK AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUILDERS WHO HAVE PLANS  LIKE THAT, I'M SURE ANYONE WHO COMES IN HERE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AND WOULD PROVIDE GOOD PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.  WALK ABILITY, A BETTER COMMUNITY.  ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHAFER 
          AT THIS TIME? >> I DO.  I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE SCHOOL THAT'S ON THE NORTHEAST PART.  IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ACCESS  OR ANY WAY TO MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE  FOR THE SCHOOL? THAT'S HINES ELEMENTARY, WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THAT SCHOOL 
          IF ANY ? >> WE HAVE NOT INITIATED ANY CONVERSATION BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE SCHOOL SITE THEMSELVES, THERE'S ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO SAFETY FOR CHILDREN, THE SCHOOLS TRY TO LIMIT ACCESS POINTS TO THE SCHOOL ITSELF. 
          THAT WILL BE A QUESTION HANDLED BY  THE SCHOOL WITH REGARDS TO THE SAFETY OFFICERS FOR THE SCHOOL  AND WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE, WE THINK THE LOCATION OF THIS WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT'S SO APPROXIMATE TO THE SCHOOL WHICH DOES HAS AVAILABLE CONCURRENCY. 
          >> I LIKE THE WAY Y'ALL ARE PLANNING OUR PROJECT . I 
          APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT TOO. >> I THINK IT'S FUNNY YOU SAID THERE'S NOT MUCH PICKUP TRUCKS IN CLAY COUNTY. 
          >> I CANNOT GET OFF THAT.  I DRIVE A PICKUP TRUCK. 
          >> SO DO I.  SCHAFER AT THIS TIME?  OKAY, I GUESS WE ARE -- I STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.  ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY -- COMMENTS ON THIS 
          PARTICULAR ONE? >> JAMES,  -- AND BUDS . WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT MOORE BEING NEEDED, WE JUST KEEP THESE PROJECTS GOING ON AND ON, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS BEING AN ISSUE  AND LET ME STATE THAT THESE ARE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE -- I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND  MR. CARTER'S FRUSTRATION WITH THIS BOARD, I'VE SEEN HIM OVER HERE THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES SPEAKING ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE BOARD.  I'M REALLY AGAINST THIS, WE HAD  10 ACRE FARMLAND 
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PRESERVATION  THAT HAS NOW BEEN DESTROYED  LIKE IN A.  -- A . 
          THAT WOULD BE SEVEN HOUSES ON 7.71 ACRES. FARMLAND PRESERVATION , YOU KNOW. LET'S BUILD UP AND STOP BUILDING OUT, CUTTING DOWN ALL THE DECIDUOUS TREES.  IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RURAL AREA . I BEG YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. THE SCHOOL  BEING TALKED ABOUT, CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE BUSES, THEY BACKUP OUR TRAFFIC CAUSING CRASHES AND FRUSTRATION ON OUR ROADS FROM BEING ALL BACKED UP. WE LIKE TO BURN  IN OUR COUNTY IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY,  IN COMMISSIONER COMPERE'S AREA WHERE IT IS SPREAD OUT, WE DON'T WANT THESE BIG DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN AND SAYING WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR ALL THESE YEARS . THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR SAYS WE HAVE PLENTY OF TREES, I SEE THAT IN ONE OF THE RECENT MEETINGS AND I DISAGREE, WE DON'T HAVE PLENTY OF GOOD TREES IN THIS COUNTY.  JUST LEAVE THE FOREST ALONE, THE GENTLEMAN STOPPED TALKING WHEN HE GOT TO TALKING TOO FAR INTO THE JENNINGS FOREST. WE DON'T WANT THESE AREAS BEING MESSED WITH, I CAME FROM  ST. LOUIS WHERE THEY BUILT BRIDGES OVER PARKS AND  JUST MADE A MESS OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.  SO,  I COME TO THESE MEETINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN  AND IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING YOU KNOW, STOP THE OVERBUILDING. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE  DESERVE THE TYPE OF PLACE THAT THEY HAVE TO BEGIN WITH. TALK ABOUT THIS MORATORIUM, IT'S LIKE THIS -- YOU JUST KEEP APPROVING AND APPROVING AND APPROVING AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS , THREE ARE NEEDED IN ONE DISTRICT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ACCOUNT ON THIS AREA WHEN I WAS WATCHING THAT MEETING. 
          >> THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR. OTTO. ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 32? DOUG?   NAMING THE 2540 --  3073. SOMEONE FAMILIAR FROM THE DAYS, IT WAS  A MUCH MORE SIMPLER ROAD . WE HAVE SEEN A CHANGE IN THE MASTER PLAN, IT'S JUST MORE OF AN OBSERVATION OF CONCERN BECAUSE ALL JENNINGS IS A LONG STRAIGHT ROAD. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC CALMING. LIKE WITH THE SCHOOLS, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A CHARTER SCHOOL UP THERE AS WELL, YOUR WITHIN THAT 2 MILE RULE WHERE THERE IS NO BUS SERVICE, IT'S ALL CARS GOING IN AND OUT WITH PARENTS TO SCHOOLS.  YOU HAVE THREE, THEN YOU GET THIS, HIGHLAND PARK AND YOU HAVE CEDRIC ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO YOU HAVE THREE DISJOINTED ENTRY POINTS. THE  -- BEING BUILT OUT A LOT OF GROWTH, THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE BEING BUILT OUT OF THE ACTIVITY CENTER  PLUS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LANDING. THERE'S A LOT OF -- IT HAS CHANGED.  IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO CREATE SOME SORT OF SAFETY ZONE ALONG ALL JENNINGS, THAT IS THE CONCERN IS THAT IT'S A LONG STRAIGHT  AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC NOW AS IT GROWS. IT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION LIKE  BOY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF IN AND OUT RIGHT THERE , IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA SO IT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION, I DON'T KNOW YOU CAN DO --  HOPEFULLY YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE A LITTLE SAFER FOR KIDS. 
          >> SESSION I HAVE TO REMIND YOU BUT JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT, WE NEED A CARD FROM YOU WHEN YOU ARE DONE. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON 32?  I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.  ANY OTHER 
          DISCUSSION? >> WE JUST HAVE A QUESTION.  IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED , IS THERE ANY WAY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE  -- THEY ARE VALID. I KNOW THAT WE  AT THIS JUNCTURE CAN'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME DISCUSSING TRAFFIC, BUT I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD? HOLDING IN THOSE CONCERNS. 
          >> WITH EACH DEVELOPMENT, WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF TRIPS 
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PROPOSED FOR EVERYTHING COMING IN AS WE  LOOK AT THE MOBILITY FEE STUDY FOR MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW AND CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT ROADS WE POTENTIALLY NEED TO APPROVE BASED ON COUNTS AND SEEING WHERE WE ARE  IN RELATION TO THE LEVEL OF SERVERS AND THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT SAFETY AND SEE IF THAT IS A CONCERN.  WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE BASED ON -- OUR STUDIES 
          , DID THAT TALK AROUND IT? >> THAT WAS NOT -- BECAUSE I HAVE  -- I HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERNS AND I'M LOOKING AT GOODNESS GRACIOUS, THAT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF OLD JENNINGS, YOU HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT ALREADY COMING IN THAT FEEDS ONTO OLD JENNINGS. TO THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, YOU GOT IN THAT  SMALL WITHIN -- SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET YOU HAVE GOT MULTIPLE INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS.  THAT IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN BUT  I THINK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE HEADING SOUTH ON  ALL THE JENNINGS, AND I WONDER IF THAT 
          TURN LANE IS OF FISH AND. >>  THAT'S WHERE ENGINEERS COME INTO PLAY , IF IT'S LARGE ENOUGH, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT DO A TRAFFIC STUDY WHICH PROJECTS WHERE THE TRIPS WILL GO, THEN THAT IN  -- THEY COME BACK WITH THE DETERMINATION ON WHETHER WE NEED LEFT TURN LANES AND IF THEY NEED TO DO ANY KIND OF -- THAT SORT OF THING TO MITIGATE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE?   I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU IN REGARDS TO THE TIMES -- JENNINGS  INTERSECTION THERE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT  IF WE CONTINUE TO OVERLOAD THAT AREA, THAT IS -- WHAT IS THAT, WEST? WEST HEADED TO THE FOREST, THAT  INTERSECTION IS  GOING TO BE OVERLOADED PRETTY QUICKLY. WHAT IS IT --  THINK OF THIS 
          NOW, ISN'T IT? >>  IF YOU ASK FIRE CHIEF MOATS, HIS WIFE SAYS YES. EVERY MORNING IT IS, IT HAS A PEAK HOUR ISSUE, WE HAVE ADJUSTED TIMING THERE AT THE INTERSECTION WITH  23, OR I GUESS IT WOULD BE DISCOVERING --  WE HAVE MITIGATED THAT SOMEWHAT.  THERE IS SOME PUBLIC WORKS ISSUES, SOME PAVEMENT ISSUES AT THAT CORNER  THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS NOW WITH SOME I THINK IT IS AN UNDERGROUND  -- SOME UNDERGROUND WATER THAT'S CAUSED PAIN DETERIORATION, WE WILL, THIS WILL RISE ON OUR LIST , JUST TO LET YOU KNOW FROM THE LONG BAY INTERSECTION WHICH IS BEING IMPROVED WITH LEFT TURN TRAFFIC , LEFT TURN LANE AND A SIGNAL, LONG BAY TO HINES BOULEVARD, THAT COULD BE  -- THAT COULD  RISE UP ON A CAPACITY ISSUE. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT IS 
          GOING TO BE DONE? >> IF WE HAD MONEY, WE WILL TALK WITH THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT , BECAUSE IT IS READY TO BE LEAD FOR PROCUREMENT NOW, WE JUST NEED  TO GET THE REST OF THEM, WE NEED A LOT, IT CAME IN HIGHER ESTIMATING.  WE NEED ABOUT 1.2 BILLION ON THAT ONE BUT IT IS READY FOR  -- IT'S READY TO BE PROCURED NOW.  I WILL LOOK AT THIS WHEN WE GET THIS THROUGH OUR  DRC SUBMITTAL TO SEE HOW  CLOSE IT IS TO OUR DEVELOPMENT, IT MAY ENTAIL THAT WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT LEFT TURN LANE JUST BECAUSE IT MAY NOT -- WE ALWAYS LOOK  AT THE CONFLICTS ACROSS THE ROAD ON THE OTHER SIDE , WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE AT DRC. CHANGES WILL BE MADE  IF NECESSARY.  IT IS BECOMING -- IT IS BECOMING, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN NOW. WEST GOING INTO THE FOREST, THAT PROBABLY WILL BE A FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE , THERE'S ALSO PLANS YOU KNOW FOR LONG BAY TO BE EXTENDED  AND TIE INTO THE OAK LEAF PROPER AREA  AT THAT POINT, IT WILL BE A VERY -- IT WILL BE  A MUCH BUSIER AREA THAN IT IS NOW. THE INTERSECTION BY THE WAY ALSO INCLUDES  LEFT TURN LANES COMING NORTHBOUND ON LONG BAY TO GO WEST AS WELL.  WE BROUGHT THIS MAP BACK UP SO YOU CAN SEE 
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THE DASH ROAD, YOU SEE WITH THE RED BOXES, THAT AS LONG BAY, THE PIECE THAT WE HOPE TO BUILD SOMEDAY.  THAT'S --  THAT WILL 
          TAKE SOME RELIEF OFF . >> THAT WILL COME IN BY THE CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY CONNECTING PINE RIDGE PARKWAY SOUTH TO ALL JENNINGS.  THE RED BOXES WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW IS 
          THAT RIGHT? >> THE BLUE HIGHLIGHT  -- I SEE. THE RED BOXES A CIRCLE K, THAT IS --  IT'S DESIGNED, WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. 
          >>  IS THIS THE POWER -- USE , IS THIS NATHAN'S RIDGE? 
          >>  I THINK  NATHAN'S RIDGE IS A LITTLE BIT EAST OF THERE, THE 
          PURPLE? >> IT'S OVER HERE.  NATHAN'S RIDGE IS IN THE PURPLE.  IT'S THAT LITTLE OX BY THE POND. 
          JUST THE POWER PLANT -- POWERLINE  USE  PASS THE GREEN 
          . IF I FALL OFF --  THIS ONE? >> I BELIEVE IT'S AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GREEN THERE.  YOU SEE THE LETTER H FOR THE HOSPITAL , THAT IS IT.  THE REASON I ASK ABOUT --  I'M AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE, THE REASON  I ASK ABOUT TRAFFIC AT ALL JENNINGS BROKE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST, ALL THIS AREA  IS TOWNHOME COMMUNITY  THAT WE DON'T GET TO APPROVE, THEY ALREADY HAVE ZONING AND ARE IN THE MASTER PLAN.  THEY ARE IN THE PINK,  THEY'VE HAD THAT ZONING SINCE 2005 AND  THEY ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO DRC . THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE WITH EMERGENCY AXIS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDED  TO HAVE SECOND ACCESS, THEY ARE ACCESSING THAT THROUGH THEIR POWERLINE ROAD.  THAT'S WHY ASK ABOUT TRAFFIC,  NEEDING MORE TRAFFIC TO THAT ROAD. THAT BEING SAID, I UNDERSTAND  THERE ARE PROPERTY RIGHTS -- PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR LAND BE THERE FOR 1K -- 401(K) AS OTHER PROPERTIES HAVE, WOULD GET STICKY IN THE ZONING CHANGES IN DENSITY CHANGES , THAT GETS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE WE SAW IT  --  AS FAR AS THOSE WHO ASK ABOUT A MORATORIUM . 
          THE MORATORIUM IS ONLY ON DENSITY IN THE LAKE  DENSITY MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY PICKETS AND FOCUS SOLELY BECAUSE OF THOSE ROOTS BEING BUILT,  THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THAT  PROTECTS THE COUNTY FROM BEING SUED, YOU CANNOT STOP DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO STOP DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO TIE UP YOUR  TAX DOLLARS LITIGATING. 
            HAVE TO LOOK AT IN THIS REGARD IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SOMEONE THAT BROUGHT THIS UP BETWEEN THE ONE THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING NOW, AND WHERE HIGHLAND WOULD PUT THEIR EGRESS AND EGRESS, YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN CUTS INTO ALL JENNINGS. SOME FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROAD IF YOU COUNT THAT ONE, I GUESS  YOU GET ALLIE MURRAY. 
          WE HAVE NOT SEEN ONE, HIGHLAND IS PLANNING ON DOING OR MIGHT COME FORWARD BECAUSE OF OTHERS. I WAS HOPEFUL THEY WOULD -- WORK OUT THAT SECOND EGRESS . OBVIOUSLY, THAT DID NOT WORK OUT WITH HIGHLAND.  IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT AS THE COMMISSIONER --  I LIKE TO SEE FOLKS HAVE A  OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY BUT AT THE SAME TIME,  WE ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT  IS NOT TO A POINT WHERE IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY ELSE'S RIGHTS, THEY WANT TO HOLD ONTO THEIR PROPERTY.  THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PARTICULAR 
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PIECE.  ANYWHERE ELSE, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT  SOME OF THE ANSWERS I GOT  THAT ARE REALLY SATISFYING , THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA ROOM  OVER THE SIDEWALK AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED. I'M SURE THEY INTEND TO DO IT BUT  WE DON'T SEE THIS UNTIL DRC.  I AM -- ANXIOUS TO HEAR IF ANYONE ELSE HAS THOUGHT IF NOT , I WOULD BE 
          GLAD TO TAKE A MOTION. >> CAN I -- ASK  FOR THE AGENTS 
          TO COME BACK -- >> I THINK YOU CAN TELL BY THE CONVERSATION THAT THE SENTIMENT IS  NO WARM AND FUZZY'S ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC TO THE TIMING RIGHT?  I THINK THAT I'M WONDERING FROM YOU ALL WHAT TIMELINE YOU'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE COUNTY HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ALL JENNINGS, THAT  SPACE ON ALL JENNINGS , I THINK THAT YOU CAN APPRECIATE . 
          >> CERTAINLY, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. I HAVE A QUESTION I GUESS , DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MOBILITY FEE PER UNIT WOULD BE FOR DEVELOPMENT, I TRIED TO LOOK ON MY PHONE AND I 
          THINK IT'S $5000 . >> HONESTLY, I DO NOT AND I WOULD NOT THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE. I JUST DO NOT KNOW. 
          >> A MORE FAMILIAR WITH  THOSE FEES AND STRUCTURES, I BELIEVE THE MOBILITY FEE IS $5000 PER UNIT  SO SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF $175,000 FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE THE $102 MILLION DEFICIT , YOUR INTERSECTION HOPEFULLY WE PICK UP SOME OF THAT SLACK , THAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME SAFETY CONCERNS ALL HAVE BUT AS FAR AS TIMING GOES , I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN IF  IT WAS APPROVED TONIGHT, WE STILL HAVE AT LEAST  SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OF ENGINEERING PERMITTING BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED OUR SITE WORK WHICH WILL TAKE ANOTHER I DON'T KNOW,  10 MONTHS, 12 
          MONTHS? >> SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. 
          >> AS FAR AS WHEN WE START BUILDING HOMES, I WOULD SAY PROBLEM THE  18 MONTHS, RESIDENTS MOVING IN MAYBE TWO YEARS. IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 
          >> IT DOES, THANK YOU. >> OKAY.  THOSE ARE ALL THE 
          QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. >> ANYONE ELSE? NO.  I GUESS NOT, THANK YOU.  WE HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION?   I WILL DEFER TO YOU, COMMISSIONER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A POSITION ON THAT, LET US KNOW IF NOT,  THERE WILL BE 
          SOMEONE ELSE. >> NO. THIS ONE  PRESENTS A CHALLENGE FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE  -- I RESPECT THAT STAFF HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND A SEVEN-ONE VOTE I UNDERSTAND  BUT  TONIGHT,  IN LIGHT OF THOSE CONCERNS, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AT THIS JUNCTURE, THIS 
          JUNCTURE, THAT IS MY MOTION. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?  ALL RIGHT, THIS IS TO NOT PROCEED , A VOTE TO NOT PROCEED  AND WE WILL CALL THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE , AND HE OPPOSED . NO, SO THE MOTION PASSES 4-0. ZONING APPLICATION IS DENIED. 
          [33.  Public Hearing to Consider Substantial Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Citizen Participation Plan (M. Covey/G. Gunn)]
SO, LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER 33, THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AMENDMENT BLOCK GRANT CONSOLIDATED PLAN, MEGAN, WOULD YOU TAKE THIS FOR US? 
          >>  GOOD EVENING, MEGAN WITH THE GRANTS DIVISION AND TONIGHT, THERE ARE THREE DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE PUT POSING UPDATES TO , ALL OF WHICH DELAY -- RELATED TO OUR 
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COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT ENTITLED FUNDING TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN , WE ARE REALLOCATING UNUSED FUNDS FROM OUR YEAR ONE ACTION PLAN TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO SPEND DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR --  FISCAL YEAR. WE ARE GETTING THE SPENDING CATEGORIES BASED ON RECENT GUIDANCE AND TRAINING. WE ARE NOT  CHANGING ANY ACTIVITIES IN THE PLANS. WE ARE JUST UPDATING SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES.  ONE EXAMPLE OF THE CHANGES WE ARE MAKING IS UNDER THE BROAD CATEGORY OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION IN THE FY 24  APPLICATION PLAN, WE ARE BROKEN UP TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE FUNDING CATEGORIES.  PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN AREA WE GET A LOT OF PUBLIC  COMMENTS FOR. THAT'S WHERE WE PROPOSED PROGRAMMING, THOSE UNUSED YEAR ONE FUNDS.  FOR THE FINAL DOCUMENT TONIGHT , THE ASSISTANT PARTICIPATION PLAN. SINCE HIS PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2021. THE COUNTY HAS SHIFTED  TO COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES. . THOSE UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FROM THE BOARD TO SUBMIT PROPOSED CHANGES  FOR APPROVAL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS POINT?   WE DID ADVERTISE 
          A PUBLIC HEARING. >> IF NO QUESTIONS,  WE WILL KEEP PUBLIC HEARING OPEN PICK WE HAVE ONE CARD, MISS  APRIL 
          SCHALLER . ARE YOU HERE? >> HI. 
          >> IF YOU CAN REPEAT YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS APRIL SCHALLER, I DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS. I HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS, I MAY  SAINT BRENDAN'S ISLANDER.  CLAY COUNTY, I AM DOMICILED IN FLORIDA.  MY CONCERN IS  I DO NOT SEE ANY REAL  -- I'M GLAD THAT SOMEBODY HERE MADE THE COMMENT THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE COUNTY TO BE THE SET BY PUBLIC LAWSUITS . THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.  THE COUNTY NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR IT , DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF  HB 1365 . THERE IS GOING TO BE A REINCARNATION OF WHAT IS KNOWN  IN THE DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMUNITY AS THE UGLY LOSS  WHERE PERSONS WHO WERE POOR AND DISABLED WERE GOING TO BE SEGREGATED OUT OF SIGHT.  PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE LOOK AND DO NOT WANT TO BE CONFRONTED WITH POVERTY  OR DIVERSITY WILL BE SUING TO GET HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT OF SIGHT AND  AWAY FROM WHERE THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRATIC KNOSSOS IS LIKE THIS . THERE ARE POLITICIANS THAT MADE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE AT THE PUBLIC  LIBRARY. THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE AGAINST ANY MINORITY. 
          THEY DON'T LIKE THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK. ONCE THERE WAS --  THIS IS COMING BACK AND MY QUESTION IS WHO IS NEXT.  MY COMMENT, I CAN'T PRETEND NOW TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE GRANT BECAUSE I JUST HEARD ABOUT IT. HAVING CONCERN THAT YOU ARE SPENDING $45,000 FOR CLEANUP . I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE  AND YOU WILL NOT BE FACING CIVIL SUITS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT PEOPLE OUT OF SIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMINDED THAT  WE ARE NOT JUST CITIZENS OF FLORIDA, AND WE ARE NOT JUST CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY, WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES . I'M ALL FOR IMMIGRANTS COMING, I DO NOT THINK IT IS THEIR FAULT, IT'S INSTITUTIONAL. 
          MORE POWER TO MORE REFUGEES BEING WELCOMED, THEY ARE HOMELESS TOO. I HOPE THAT THEY CAN TEACH US  WHAT IT MEANS TO DO WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT IS FAILING BEFORE IT HAPPENS TO US TOO. I AM A PACIFIST AND BELIEVE IN THAT,  PEOPLE WHO WANT THE LEAST IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE SATISFIED JUST TO SLEEP UNDER A BUSH AND BE LEFT ALONE. 
          THAT'S ALL THEY WANT FROM YOU.  THEY ARE PUSHING THEM OUT OF SIGHT, YOU ARE TELLING THEM THEY ARE NOT MEMBERS. I'M NOT SAYING YOU PERSONALLY, I'M SAYING FLORIDA. THERE IS LANGUAGE . WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC AND HOMELESS. THE 
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CITIZENS VERSUS THE HOMELESS, RESIDENTS VERSUS THE HOMELESS. 
          WE ARE HERE TO STAY. I COULD NOT -- THERE WAS A MISPRINT IN THE CLAY NEWSPAPER . THE 15TH, I TRY TO BRING THIS BECAUSE I CANNOT FIGURE OUT. THIS GOES WITH  MY STATEMENT.  THERE IS AN ARTICLE  TALK -- CALLING IT INTERNMENT CAMPS. THIS HISTORICAL REFERENCE TO HITLER DOING THAT. 
          >>  HITLER ALSO SEGREGATED THE HOMELESS BY WHETHER OR NOT THEY 
          WOULD COMPLY TO SHELTERS. >> ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON 33?  KEEP IT TO THE CDBG. 
          >> JAMES  -- JAMES AUTOS,  SEX TOYS. I WOULD SAY NO TO THE DOCK SHELTERS, WE NEED  A SHELTER FOR HUMANS LIKE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.  THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, NOT FOR PIT BULLS , 80% THAT YOU KEEP PUTTING OFF ON PEOPLE.  THE OTHER THING IS I AGREE.  THE LEGAL WAY THEY DO THIS COUNTRY.  THE CRASH OF THE ECONOMY IS COMING.  ARE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO WHAT IS GOING ON.  WE HAVE  BIDS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE DONE AROUND, STOPPED THE PUSH ON THE COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO. 
          >> SHOULD WE TAKE FEDERAL MONEY TO CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY? WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CLEANING UP PEOPLE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CLEANING UP PARKS AND AREAS LIKE THAT.  THAT'S WHAT WE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR.  I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE BILLED THAT  SOMEWHERE FROM THE HOUSE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCURE YOU NEED, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY TO ENOUGH PARTS.  WE CLEANED UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. OTTO. 
          >> I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A LONG TIME, I APPRECIATE  YOU HIRING CITIZENS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PARKS.  THEY CAN GO WORK ON THE STATE HIGHWAYS, THE FREEWAYS.  WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING PEOPLE  ARE HAVING JAILERS COME AROUND DOING THE STUFF.  WHY WERE THEY NOT SPENT ON SIDEWALKS LAST YEAR.  WHICH IS YOUR PRIMARY JOB.  IT'S FOR CDBG FUNDS TO BE USED. 
          >> THEY ARE ALLOCATED FOR WHAT YOU ARE EXACTLY TALKING ABOUT. 
            
          >> ARE YOU IN FAVOR?   YOU WANT THESE PARKS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE CLEANING UP ROADS FOR FREE. ALONG THE SIDES OF THE ROADS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE STATE TAX, WE DON'T COLLECT FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX. THERE IS NO MONEY FOR ALL THESE PARKS AND 
          MAINTENANCE, TAKING OUR -- >> THANK YOU, MR. OTTO. 
          PUTTING THEM IN THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. OTTO. >> THANK YOU, MR. OTTO. IF NOT, WE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, IF WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTION. 
          >> MOVED TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          >> SECOND IN THE MOTION. >> ANY DISCUSSION? 
          [27.  Bid No. 23/24-045, Onsite Concrete and Asphalt Milling Crushing (K. Smith)]
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED?  WE MOVE BACK TO NEW BUSINESS.  NUMBER 27 , THE ON-SITE CONCRETE AND SALT  -- ASPHALT.  CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THIS.  WE HAVE PUT OUT A BID FOR THOSE ON-SITE CONCRETE  CRUSHING ASPHALT MILLING CRUSHING , IT'S A TWO YEAR BED. WE HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS.  THEY HAVE FOUR ATTENDEES , WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID,  FOR PER-UNIT SURPRISES -- WE ARE READY , WE 
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SHOW CONTRACT TO GET THEM STARTED AT THOSE THREE SITES 
          THEN USE THEM AS NEEDED. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAREN? WE HAVE A MOTION?   WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND?   ANY DISCUSSION.  ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          [28.  Federal Purchasing Policy (K. Smith)]
MOTION CARRIES 4-0. WE MOVED TO NUMBER 28 WHICH IS THE FEDERAL PURCHASING POLICY , STAY WITH US. 
          >> YES SIR, BACK IN AUGUST OF 2011. WE  GOT A CDBG PROCESSING POLICY  SINCE THEN . WE FOLLOW OUR PURCHASING POLICY  AND PROCEDURES. WE GIVE THIS TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR  APPROVAL, FEDERAL POLICY, IT DOES INCLUDE ANY FEDERAL GRANTS  THIS MAY APPLY TO AS WELL AS THE CDG PROGRAM. THIS MAKES REFERENCE TO OUR CURRENT  POLICY.  AS RELATED TO FEDERAL RELATIONS AND PROCUREMENT.  I WILL MOVE APPROVAL.  WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ? 
          >> I WILL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND.  OUR TIME FOR QUESTIONS,  ANY DISCUSSION POINTS ? HEARING NONE, WE CALL TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. OPPOSED,  THE MOTION 
          [29.  Planning Districts Map update (D. Selig)]
CARRIES 4-0.  NUMBER 29. CONTINUING THE SIDE FOR THE 
          MAT.  DODIE, GO AHEAD. >> COMING BACK TO -- THE QUESTION OF RENAMING  SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WE HAD RECENTLY DIED AND TO GET AWAY FROM THE DIRECTIONAL.  WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON WHAT NAMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE, WE OFFERED YOU SOME SUGGESTIONS, POSSIBLE NAMES, WE LOOKED AT THE NORTHEAST CLAY DISTRICT BEING CALLED GATEWAY DISTRICT.  FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST, WE LOOKED AT POSSIBLY USING SOME  NATIONAL PARKS.  NEAR THE POSITIVE AREA -- CONSERVATION AREA. THINKING ABOUT MORE PROMINENT NATURAL FEATURES, IT CERTAINLY IS THE KEYSTONE AREAS KNOWN FOR ITS LAKES AND GREAT PALM SPRINGS IS KNOWN FOR ITS SPRING.  POSSIBLY CALLING THEM THE LAKES DISTRICT, SPRINGS DISTRICT, THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF STARTING OFF POINTS. 
          TRANSITIONING ]   THOUGHTS ARE FIRST. WHICH ONE? THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. L. 
          THESE ARE JUST CHOICES.  LAST TIME. 
          >> IF YOU ELECT TO CHANGE THE OTHER DISTRICTS, THAT IS ALL YOUR CALL. 
            SOMETHING ELSE?  MORE SUITABLE. 
          >>  I DO NOT UNDERSTAND  WHY WE CANNOT JUST GO BACK TO  HOW IT WAS BUT I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE OLD LADY. WE HAD ONE MEETING OF IT THAT WAY. IT IS TOO CONFUSING. I DO NOT KNOW OUR RESIDENTS  WILL COME LIKE, I SAY LIMIT  KEYSTONE HEIGHTS BUT BY THE WAY, THE MAILING ADDRESSES  KEYSTONE HEIGHTS BUT I DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. NOBODY THAT IS NOT, IT JUST, THE SAME WITH GREEN COVE THOSE ARE PEOPLE WITH WRINKLES ADDRESSES THAT LIVE IN ASBERRY.  THE CITY HAS  NO RIGHTS  TO THE NAME OF IT  BUT I THINK IT IS SO CONFUSING TO 
          OUR RESIDENTS. >> WHAT WAS GOING TO BE? STRIKE ORIGINALLY, IT WAS THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS  DISTRICT AND THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS DISTRICT AND THE ORANGE PARK DISTRICT. 
          WELL, THAT ONE IS NOT CHANGE WITH THESE THREE WERE THE ONES 
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CHANGED TO  NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, AND SOUTHEAST. 
          >> RIGHT. SO YOU'RE SAYING WE WERE GOING TO CALL IT GREEN 
          COVE . >> IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED GREEN COVE AND THEN  31 SPRINGS ONE OF THE PALLET HE HAD AN ISSUE AND ASKED US TO CHANGE IT. 
          >> THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT TO? >> THEY DO NOT RECOMMEND WHAT. 
          THEY JUST SAID THEY, BEING THE CITY, THEY HAVE  A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          IT IS NATURALLY NAMED AFTER THE CITY.  THAT WAS CAUSING SOME CONFUSION FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THE COUNTY ALSO HAS A 
          DISTRICT. >> 
          >> THE SAME NAME? >> THE EXACT SAME  NAME. THE GREEN COVE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH, I CAN SEE  WHERE THAT WOULD BE CONFUSING FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS. SO  STAFF WAS BRINGING FORWARD CHANGES TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT CONFUSING. WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK  IF 
          YOU WISH. >>  I WILL NOT SPEAK FOR COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOUTHWEST GO BACK TO KEYSTONE HEIGHTS . 
            
          WHERE THEY HAVE -- >>  CURRENTLY, NOBODY HAS SAID. 
          IT IS ONLY  KEYSTONE SPRINGS THAT MENTIONED THIS . 
          >> THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ARE THEY GOOD? 
          >> PROBLEM AND IN ONE MISSIOLOGY --  DISABILITY, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE AND OTHERS IF THEY WERE NAMED AFTER OMINOUS APOLOGY. 
          THOSE THREE L UNDER THAT. THAT IS WHY WE  WERE PROPOSING TO 
          CHANGE ALL THREE OF THEM. >>  HOW MANY DISTRICTS? SEVEN?   
          >> IF WE GO WITH KEYSTONE, THERE WOULD BE FIVE OUT OF SEVEN. 70  PERCENT IS  PRETTY GOOD. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.  GO TO THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ANTICIPATING A PROBLEM.  AND 
          MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. >> YEAH,  I AM FINE WITH, THE ADVISORY BOARD TEXTED ME TO SAY THERE  -- ABOUT IS ONLY ONE THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SAME NAME, I THINK, YOU KNOW? 
          JUST THAT ONE, YEAH. >>  COMMISSIONER, YOU WOULD BE 
          HAPPY WITH  -- >> YEAH, I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE'S EVEN STILL THE ORANGE PARK. 
          >> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON IN THAT AREA. AGAIN,  -- IS NOT HERE. A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR DISTRICT. I DO NOT THINK IT IS AND THAT DISTRICT BUT I DO NOT REALLY KNOW. THE YELLOW UP THERE. 
          >> THAT WAS CALLED  ORANGE PARK BEFORE? 
          >> YES. >>  IS IN THE CITY? 
          >>  I DO NOT KNOW IF THE CITY HAS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          >> OURS IS NOT ACTIVE IN THAT DISTRICT. RIGHT?  WE HAVE 
          ALREADY MAXED OUT. >> A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES 
          ON THERE. >> I WOULD MOVE  TO CHANGE HOURS TO SPRINGS DISTRICT SO WE CAN  TELL THE DIFFERENCE. 
          >> >> I HAVE SPRINGS AND KEYSTONE. 
          ANY THOUGHTS ON  -- I THINK. IT IS HARD TO SEE IN THE CORNER. 
          PART OF YOUR DISTRICT IS IN THAT YELLOW. 
          >>  I DON'T BELIEVE SO.  YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL ME MORE. 
            THE RIDGEWOOD DISTRICT HAS -- 
          >>  YEAH, HAVE A PART OF THE DISTRICT IN THE PLANNING DISTRICT BUT I THINK ORANGE PARK IS STRICTLY IN COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IS COMMISSION DISTRICT. 
          >>  I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM AS TO WHAT HIS PREFERENCE IS AND THEN MAYBE TALK TO SOME FOLKS THERE.  MAYBE TO GET SORT OF A RISE OUT OF SOMEBODY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ADVANCE.  AND VOTING ON CHANGING THE OTHER TWO. AT LEAST WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED IN GREEN COVE WHICH IS EXTREMELY ACTIVE .  TO KNOW WHAT THEY BELONG TO. 
          >> WELL, WE HAVE TO BRING BACK NEXT MEETING THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION STUFF.  I THINK DODIE SELIG WAS GETTING FEEDBACK FROM YOU. AND THEN WE CAN CONSULT ON THAT. 
          >>  WE CAN BRING IT ALL TOGETHER. WE DO NOT NEED TO VOTE AT THIS POINT. JUST DIRECTION. IS EVERYBODY SATISFIED WITH THAT DIRECTION? 
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  TO KEYSTONE AND THE SOUTHEAST WILL BECOME SPRINGS? AND THAT WE BELIEVE NORTHWEST FOR NOW. 
          >> YES. >> I CAN REACH OUT  TO 
          COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH . 
          >>  TWO OUT OF THREE THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT. 27 IS DONE.  WHERE ARE 
          [34.  Discussion of Appointment to the Board of Adjustments]
WE? 28.  LETTERS FOR ACTION. WE HAVE GOT  A NUMBER OF FOLKS TO REAPPOINT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. LISTED THERE. 
          THOMAS GOLDSBERRY,  BRANDON LIQUID, AND BRIAN KART.  A VIABLE SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS. IF THEY HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM WITH THEIR  -- THEY CAN GO IN AND GET THINGS ADJUSTED OR CHANGED IN TERMS OF MOVING A SHED  FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. WHAT HAVE YOU.  THESE THINGS  APPLY .  CIVIC DUTY. 
          ANYBODY  WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> I MOVED FOR APPROVAL. >> I WILL SECOND. 
          >>  NO, OVERWHELMINGLY. 
          >> A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BUT  ANY DISCUSSION? ALL 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS]
IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 4-0.  GETTING TO THE SECOND PORTION OF COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE.  OPENING PUBLIC COMMENTS  DOES ANYONE HAVE 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES? >>  ANY IDEA ON WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO  WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO PREPARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING SEGREGATED OUT OF SIGHT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY AS MUCH OF THEIR RIGHTS AS YOU CAN DEFEND?  AS THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE . 
          >> WELL, IF YOU CANNOT PLAN. >> I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT THAT IS AN EATABLE APPROACH TO WHAT YOU JUST SPRUNG ON THE BOARD HERE. I AM NOT AWARE WHAT YOU'RE 
          TALKING ABOUT. >> HB 1365 THAT ALLOWS PIECES TO SUE  FOR CIVIL GOVERNMENTS TO FORCE PEOPLE OUT OF SIGHT AND SEGREGATE THE HOMELESS TO CAMPS. 
          >> MA'AM. AGAIN,  UNREASONABLE TO THINK THAT WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF WHEN YOU SPRUNG ON US THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PLAN. SO WE WILL DISCUSS IT AND BRING IT TO STAFF GOOD AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE WILL HAVE A SITUATION  WHERE WE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO DO OR NOT DO. AT THIS POINT IN 
          TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN. >> I WOULD NOT WANT A PLAN A 32ND DID I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD CONTINUE BEFORE YOU. I 
          HAVE TO SPEAK NOW. >> 
          >> OKAY, YOU HAVE GOT YOUR THREE MINUTES. 
          >>  MR. JAMES OTTO, YOU HAVE A CARD IN? 
          >> JAMES OTTO. CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, HOTELS. SO DOUBLE THE BUDGET  WE SAID TONIGHT. I AGREE, MAN.  THE PRICES ARE OUT OF CONTROL. AND  I MISSPOKE. IT WAS THE VICE CHAIR  THAT WAS SAYING WE HAVE  PLENTY OF TREES IN CLAY COUNTY. NOT THE 
          MANAGER.  I SAID THE CHAIR. >> SINCE I NEVER SAID THAT. 
          >> IT WAS ON VIDEO.  AT ONE OF THE PRIOR MEETINGS.  SO  YOU SAID  YOU GOT THE VIDEOS I SENT YOU TODAY?  THEY ARE ON THE COMMISSIONER EMAIL. SO THE CITIZENS CAN GO  AND LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL AND FIND THOSE VIDEOS OF THE D.O.T.  CUSSING ME OUT. AND  ALL OF THE STUFF HE SAID.  I APPRECIATE  THAT . 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS , SOMETHING HERE. ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU.  THEY ARE RUNNING THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON SIDEWALKS WHEN IT IS NOT NEEDED. 
          IT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.  ELDERLY PEOPLE COULD FALL ON THE SIDEWALKS COMING UP LIKE THIS.  IT TOOK SIX MONTHS TO OVER A YEAR TO GET THE TREE TRUCK FIXED  TO THE SIDEWALKS. 
          I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU SPOKE UP ON THAT AND WENT AFTER THOSE  BIG TRUCKS FOR DRIVING ON OUR SIDEWALKS. I DO REMEMBER THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE  D.O.T. NEEDS TO BE TALK TO ALSO.  THAT IS WHAT I WAS SIMPLY OUT THERE DOING. DEALING 
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WITH ALL OF THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THEY COULD'VE HAD LITTLE BITTY EQUIPMENT. THE ROLLER. THEY COULD'VE ROLLED UP TO THE SIDEWALK AND BACKED OUT IN THE LANE THEY HAD. AND THEN THEY RUN SIDEWAYS . PEOPLE LOOK AT THE VIDEO, THEN THEY WILL SEE . THE WAY HE SPOKE TO ME ABOUT WAS DOING THINGS  IS ABSURD.  HE SHOULD BE FIRED.  I NEED TO CONTACT THE PERSON THAT HIRES THE SUPERVISOR. IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL WHAT HE WAS DOING.  YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE GOT THEIR RIGHTS , BUT WE HAVE RATES IN THIS COUNTY TOO.  AND IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT HERE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APPROVE ALL THIS STUFF. I APPRECIATE YOU NOT APPROVING THAT TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO PUT 30 SOMETHING ON THERE WHEN THEY SHOULD ONLY HAVE SEVEN HOUSES IN A RURAL AREA. YOU KNOW?  WE LIKE HIM ON THE SOUTH SIDE. I HOPE  PEOPLE OUT THERE GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.  NOTHING AGAINST THE SHERIFF WE HAVE GOT. SHE IS 
          A FINE LADY. >> NO POLITICS, PLEASE 
          >> I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK ON THAT IF I WANT TO. THE  MARION COUNTY  BCC  WITH --  THOSE WERE 65 BUCKS . I KNOW SOME 
          PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY -- >> YOUR TIME IS UP,  MR. JAMES OTTO. THANK YOU. TIME IS UP . THANK YOU. 
          >>  I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU ARE DUMPING EASY WASTE PRODUCTS 
          -- >>  MR. JAMES OTTO,  TIME IS 
          UP. THANK YOU. >>  THERE ARE LADIES -- 
          >>  MR. JAMES OTTO!  SIT DOWN, PLEASE.  ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS?  DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US ? COUNTY ATTORNEY? 
          [COUNTY ATTORNEY]
          >> THE ONLY THING IS A LITTLE UPDATE. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE  CDD TO OBTAIN THE CONVEYANCE OF THE OAKLEAF IVORY PORTION.  AND JAMES OTTO  -- COMMISSIONER COMPERE WILL BE 
          [COUNTY MANAGER]
ATTENDING THE MEETING COMING UP IN APRIL AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY? 
          >> ACTING COUNTY MANAGER? >>  THE GOOD NEWS IS, I COMMUNICATION WITH THE DELEGATION WAS SAFELY RETURNED. 
          >>  EXCELLENT. >> THAT MEANS A MANAGER AFTER A WEEK HIATUS WILL BE BACK IN THE SEAT STARTING TOMORROW, PROBABLY AFTER THE I KO GROUNDBREAKING.  SO THEY HAVE SAFELY RETURNED AND WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO -- RETURN. 
          THERE IS ONE ORDER OF BUSINESS THAT  WAS A LAST-MINUTE CHANGE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK MEGAN AND CHARLIE  TO KIND OF DO THIS HOWEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO.  WE HAD COMMUNICATION THAT THE TAMPA BAY REGIONAL  PLANNING COUNCIL IS PARTNERING WITH CITIES ACROSS FLORIDA TO REQUEST EPA FUNDING.  THIS IS KIND OF OUR TIMELY MATTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT. PARTNER WITH OTHER  SMAS IN THE STATE. THE PART WE ARE WITH JACKSONVILLE AUTHORITIES SIGNED ON. I THINK CHARLIE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE  EPA RESILIENCY GRANT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET IN ON THE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. 
          >>  THANK YOU, THIRD.  AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, THE  EPA IS OFFERING SOME GRANTS. GREENHOUSE GASES. MANY OF THE MSAS ARE  WANTING TO INCREASE THEIR CHANCES FOR THIS IS A VERY COMPETITIVE GRANT.  CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN ASKED TO JOIN, AS THE CHIEF SAID. BASICALLY , EXTENDING ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH TAMPA.  THE GROUP IS CALLED THE SUNSHINE STATE ENERGY RESILIENCY COALITION . IF  WE WERE SUCCESSFUL, CLAY COUNTY COULD RECEIVE UP TO FOUR DOLLARS IN GRANTS.  I REACHED OUT TO THE COORDINATOR OF THE ACTIVITY. TO CONFIRM  THE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER COMMITMENTS LIKE THE LEED CERTIFICATION.  THE ONLY REQUIREMENT WOULD BE  TO SPEND THE FIVE YEARS AND FOCUS ON REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY . 
          WHAT WE ARE ASKING TONIGHT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING YOU AUTHORIZE THE ACTING MANAGER TO SIGN A STATEMENT OF  COMMITMENT WHICH I THINK EACH OF YOU GOT JUST BEFORE THE MEETING BEGAN. 
          WE WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          >> WONDER -- ONE  VERIFICATION WOULD BE FOR THE VICE CHAIR TO 
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SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> THERE ARE NO MATCHES? >> NO MATCHES. 
          >> 4 MILLION IS MEANT TO BE SPREAD OVER  THE MSAS THAT ARE 
          SIGNING. >> THE TOTAL NUMBER FOR EPA IS 
          200 MILLION. >> 200. 
          >> THE WAY IT BREAKS OUT IS HOURS THERE COULD BE AS HIGH AS 1 MILLION , BUT IT COULD BE 
          LESS. >> OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARLIE AT THIS TIME? IT NEEDS APPROVAL AND THEN ALSO APPROVAL FOR THE VICE CHAIR TO BE ABLE TO SIGN. 
            GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE TAMPA BAY  MSA AND SIGNING ONTO OUR MSA AND FOR THE  VICE CHAIR TO SIGN. 
          >> I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS?  ALL 
          [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
          IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> ANY OPPOSED?  THE MOTION CARRIES.  CHIEF, ANYTHING ELSE 
          FOR US? >> NO, SIR. 
          >> THANK YOU.  WE ARE NOW ON COMMISSIONER COMMENTS THAT WE 
          WILL START ON THIS SITE. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR BE SAFE AT THE FAIR. DO NOT GET SO  AGGRAVATED WITH THE TRAFFIC.  HAPPY EASTER . REMEMBER THE REASON FOR EASTER. 
          THANK YOU, JESUS CHRIST. >> THANK YOU. 
          >>  COMMISSIONER COMPERE? >>  YES,  PER OUR CHAIR  EARLY ON THIS YEAR,  HE ASKED FOR UPDATES  ON THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE HAVE THAT WE DO. AND I GOT TO SIT ON ON THE MUCH COUNCIL  LAST WEEK.  I GOT TO HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS. THEY ARE HOPING TO BRING  ALL VETERANS COMMUNITY EVENT TO  KEYSTONE IN MAY. 
          THEY ARE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS TO THAT. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET THOSE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FROM THAT MEETING WAS THAT  THEY HAVE DONE  SUCH A GREAT JOB  WITH THE  FIVE COUNTIES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING ON  VETERANS SERVICES  SPECIFIC TO SUICIDE PREVENTION. 
          THEIR ORGANIZATION MAY DISSOLVE INTO  ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THEY HAVE CREATED WHICH IS A 501(C)3. THEY'VE BEEN APPROACHED TO REPLICATE IT . THEY'VE BEEN DOING PHENOMENAL AS IT RELATES TO THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE COME IN  IN THOSE FIVE COUNTIES.  THE EFFORT HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL SUCH THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO REPLICATE ACROSS THE STATE.  THEY'RE WAITING FOR THOSE NUMBERS TO COME BACK . AS FAR AS I KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED  NO LATER THAN THAT THE EARLY PART OF APRIL. I WILL NOT KNOW AND TELL  THE NEXT MEETING . I THINK THEY DO QUARTERLY MEETINGS SO I WILL PRESENT THAT THEN. OUR FIRE WATCH COUNCIL, A REPRESENTATIVE IS  BUCK. HE IS  VERY  WELL APPRECIATED. HE HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR HOW THE ORGANIZATION CAN MOVE FORWARD.  THAT IS MY UPDATE ON THE FIRE WATCH COUNCIL.  OTHER THAN THAT,  I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE GOT TONIGHT. 
          >> VERY GOOD.  COMMISSIONER CONDON? 
          >>  SO I WOULD LIKE TO COMMAND STAFF . 
          WE HAD TWO SATURDAYS IN A ROW OF WONDERFUL EVENTS TO HONOR OUR FIRST  MILITARY APPRECIATION.  AND THEN OUR VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL CEREMONY  LAST SATURDAY. VERY MOVING.  ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE MOST POIGNANT THINGS FOR ME,  WAS  THE TALK BY TINA -- AND HER FAMILY.  THEY WERE SOUTH VIETNAMESE  REFUGEES AND HER FATHER FOUGHT ALONGSIDE AMERICAN SOLDIERS AS OF THE ENEMY SOLDIER. SO  AFTER IT WAS OVER, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER AND HER SISTER, TRACY. AND ANNALISA . WE ARE HOPING THAT NEXT YEAR, IT WILL WORK OUT FOR THEM TO COME FOR THE PROCLAMATION AT THE MEETING AS WELL.  THEY TALKED WITH  ME AND TAX COLLECTOR, DIANE , ABOUT GETTING MORE INVOLVED  IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE STARTED A SELF, THEY STARTED AN ASIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK WITH OUR CLAY COUNTY CHAMBER. BUT REALLY WANTING TO  HAVE THE ASIAN COMMUNITY CONNECT TOMORROW. AND THEY SAID IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. 
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THEY THREW SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY MET UP WITH SOME OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS. BOTH GROUPS THOUGHT THE OTHER DID NOT LIKE EACH OTHER  BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THERE. WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE, EVERYTHING WAS GOOD . THEY TEAMED UP AND MADE SOME , THEY FORM SOME  REALLY STRONG BONDS. THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THESE LADIES AND THEIR BROTHER HAVE LOST THEIR FATHER. ANYWAY. 
          REALLY GREAT .  BOTH OF YOU DID A GREAT JOB AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER RENNINGER  GETTING THAT FLYER IN THE THEATER. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. AND THE FINAL THING I WILL SHARE 
          WITH YOU. >> I WANT TO PASS THIS ALONG FOR THE CHIEF.  YOU CAN SEND IT OUT TO YOUR STAFF . ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS  CAME HOME AND FOUND HER HOUSE ON FIRE.  SHE COULD NOT GET, SHE WAS TRYING TO BREAK WINDOWS AND GET HER PETS OUT . SHE HAD FOUR INSIGHT ANIMALS. UNFORTUNATELY,  ALL FOUR PERISHED . SHE LOST HER HOME.  SHE LIVES ON A SMALL RANCH.  ONE OF THE ANIMALS  WAS STILL BREATHING. ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS ATTEMPTED CPR  AND GIVE OXYGEN. TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. AND THEN THEY DID NOT LEAVE HER. THERE WAS  A YOUNG GENTLEMAN THERE FROM  CLAY ELECTRIC. I DO NOT REALIZE , IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE BUT I DID NOT REALIZE THAT  CLAY ELECTRICRESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, JUST LIKE OUR FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL TO DISCONNECT THE POWER. THAT WAY, FOR THE  RESIDENTS, WHILE THIS YOUNG MAN CALLED  BACK TO HIS SUPERVISOR  AT CLAY ELECTRIC AND GOT SPECIAL PERMISSION TO DISCONNECT THE HOME BUT RECONNECT HER WELL SO SHE COULD WATER HER LIVESTOCK  AND KEEP HER LITTLE RANCH GOING.  AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT,  HE WENT TO HIS TRUCK, GOT HIS OWN PERSONAL SHOVEL, AND WALKED WITH HER AROUND HER PROPERTY AND BURIED HER  DECEASED ANIMALS FOR HER. THAT WAS VERY MOVING. OUR FIREFIGHTERS,  SO SHE FEEDS HER FAMILY ON , WITH HER  RANCH, WITH HER ANIMALS . SHE HAD 400 POUNDS OF MEAT IN HER FREEZER. PACKAGED  IN ONE POUND PACKAGES.  AND SO SHE PUT OUT A CALL FOR THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED WITH  SEVEN COOLERS. 
          OUR FIREFIGHTERS FORMED A HUMAN CHANGE . BEFORE THEY LEFT THAT DAY,  THEY GOT ALL OF HER 400 POUNDS OF MEAT INTO COOLERS SO COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO A NEIGHBORING COUNTY AND ANOTHER RANCHER HAD SOME  WALK-IN COOLERS. FINALLY, JUST OUR TROY AND GABRIELLE  AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES GROUP ARE WORKING WITH HER TO TRY TO GET HER INTO SOME TEMPORARY HOUSING AND THEN  GET HER TAKEN CARE OF. SHE HAD INSURANCE, BUT ONE OF THE THIGS SHE ASKED ME TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC IS , SHE HAS LIVED ON THE PROPERTY FOR 22 YEARS. SHE HAD NOT RE-EVALUATED HER  MOUTH OF INSURANCE. SO WHILE SHE HAS INSURANCE, IT IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE OF WELDING COSTS TODAY. 
          AT ANY  TRAN18, SHE WANTED TO EXTEND HER  THINGS TO COUNTY STAFF AS THEY CONTINUE TO HELP HER. SHE IS  PROUD TO LIVE IN CLAY COUNTY. ANYWAY, WITH THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
            TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP WHENEVER THEY CAN AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.  COMMISSIONER CONDON MENTIONED ONE OF THE ITEMS I WAS GOING TO BRING UP WHICH IS  THE VIETNAM VETERAN'S DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE  TO ALL OF OUR VIETNAM  VETS. WELCOME HOME. 
          YOU KNOW,  OUR VIETNAM VETERANS DISAPPEAR. 
          --  TAKES ITS TOLL. GOOD NEWS THOUGH.  TINA  -- WE WILL INCLUDE HER  AS A MENTION TO THE EVENT. THE FACT THAT WE FOUND ANOTHER P.O.W.  WHO SPENT FIVE AND HALF YEARS AND -- LIVES HERE IN  ORANGE PARK. WE WILL TRY TO GET HIM TO THE EVENTS NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE -- WE HAVE A THIRD NOW THAT MAKES ORANGE PARK IS HOME. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET HIM OUT. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST COMPELLING ABOUT MEETING ANY OF THESE GENTLEMEN. THEY ARE SO HUMBLE. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO PULL OUT OF THEM WHAT THEY DID AND WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED WHILE THEY WERE IN SERVICE. IT IS GRATIFYING TO 
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SEE THAT KIND OF HUMBLE ATTITUDE TOWARD WHAT THEY DID BUT THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES HEROES. THEY JUST CONSIDER THEY WERE AT A JOB AND DOING IT. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HANG OUT WITH THEM AND GET SOME OF THAT FEELING.  VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD FINISHED UP WITH SOME WORK THIS WEEK THANKS TO THE CLERK  AND CHRISTINE. GOOD JOB THERE.  WE ARE HEADING THAT INFORMATION OFF OF THE STATE, I BELIEVE? IS THAT WHERE IT GOES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO  CLERK GREEN AND THE REST OF THE STAFF OVER THERE. ALSO, THANK YOU TO OUR PROPERTY APPRAISER, TRACY DRAKE FOR WALKING US THROUGH ALL THE PETITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.  WE WALKED IT OUT YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE. 
          THAT IS A GOOD THING.  AND IF YOU'RE INTO NATURE, WE HAVE A MOCCASIN NATURE HIKE COMING UP ON  APRIL 1ST
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.