Sep 24, 2024 BCC Agenda

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>>> CAN WE ALL TAKE OUR SEATS PLEASE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT FOR THE COMMISSIONER MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 24. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION BY

COMMISSIONER COMPERE . >> LET'S BOW OUR HEADS. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN , THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.

FOR EVERY BREATH -- BLESSING, LORD, THAT WE GET TO ENJOY.

FATHER , AS I LOOK ACROSS THE ROOM THIS EVENING, VARIOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING HERE TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE PART THAT EACH PLAY, MAKING THIS COMMUNITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. THINK YOU , LORD. WE ARE BLESSED HERE IN CLAY COUNTY . IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU. LORD, AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT, I PRAY THE SAME PRAYER THAT KING SOLOMON DID, LORD, THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM , AN UNDERSTANDING MIND, A HEARING HEART , AND DISCERNMENT TO SEE WHAT IS EVIL AND WHAT IS GOOD, WOULD HELP US TO DO EXACTLY AS YOU WOULD HAVE US TO WE PRAY FOR THE STORM THAT IS HEADING THIS WAY. I PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION, LORD, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE TO WORK IT , PLEASE BE WITH US, GUIDE US, DIRECT US. IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, AMEN. >> THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE PETTY OFFICER KELLY G AND IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. THEY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FOR MORE THAN 21 YEARS BEFORE THEIR RETIREMENT LAST YEAR IN 2023. HE WORKED AS AN AVIATION STRUCTURAL MECHANIC AND WAS STATIONED AT THE LOCATION SUCH AS TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, MOFFETT AIR FORCE BASE, AND JACKSONVILLE. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER G IS A DECORATED VETERAN HOLDING THREE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDALS AT AN ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL ALONG WITH MANY OTHER AWARDS. HE JOINED THE MILITARY RIGHT AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH AND LEARNED DURING HIS SERVICE THAT EVERYONE HAS A LESSON TO TEACH , AND THAT LEADERSHIP, THE TERM LEADERSHIP IS NOT A VERB , IT IS A NOUN, OR IT IS A VERB, RATHER. HE IS A RESIDENT AND CURRENTLY WORKS AS A JOINT REPORTING SYSTEM TO SITE REPRESENTATIVE AT CECIL FIELD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THE MILITARY AND YOUR CONTINUED NERVOUS TO OUR COMMUNITY. LEAD

US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. >> 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. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS TO VOLUNTEER OUTSIDE OF ACTIVE DUTY , AND I THINK THAT THIS WAS AN AWESOME ORDEAL AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. THANK YOU.

>> ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU CAN ALL TAKE

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[PET ADOPTIONS]

INTO PET ADOPTIONS. >> OUR FIRST DOCK TODAY IS TREY , NEUTERED MALE AND HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, MIXED BREED, WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND WEIGHS 47 POUNDS. MEET TREY, THIS SMART AND LOYAL BOY IS HOUSETRAINED AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN HE NEEDS TO GO OUT BY NUDGING HER HAND OR BARKING AT THE DOOR.

TREY IS CRATE TRAINED AND ENJOYS HAVING A TOUGH CHEW BONE TO KEEP THEM BUSY , AND LOVES WATCHING TV WHILE YOU WERE AWAY. HE KNOWS A VARIETY OF COMMANDS AND IS GREAT DURING BAD TIMES. TREY GETS NERVOUS DURING THUNDERSTORMS AND MIGHT COUNTER SERVE OR SNACK, SO YOU MIGHT NEED A BIT OF SUPERVISION DURING STORMY WEATHER PICK IS LOOKING FOR A HOME WITHOUT CATS, BUT HE GETS ALONG WELL WITH FEMALE PUPS. TREY IS READY FOR A FRESH START. COULD YOUR HOME BE THE ONE? OUR NEXT DOG IS BUCK, NEUTERED MALE, HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, MIXED BREED, MEET BACK. THIS GOOFY, BLUE AND BROWN EYED PUP IS ALL ABOUT FUN. HE LOVES PLAYING KEEP AWAY WITH HIS TOYS AND IS A TOY FANATIC. WHILE HE IS ENGAGING AND LOVES ATTENTION, BUCK ALSO ENJOYS HIS INDEPENDENT TIME. HE SHOWS

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LOOKING FOR A PLAYFUL TALKATIVE BUDDY? JUPITER IS YOUR GUY.

LASTLY WE HAVE NANCY, DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR , THREE YEARS OLD.

MEET NANCY, A GENTLE SOUL WHO ENJOYS A QUIET LIFE. THIS SHIES LOVES HER DAYS LOUNGING IN COZY SPOTS, WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY FROM A SUNNY WINDOW. NANCY'S IDEAL HOME IS ONE WHERE SHE CAN TAKE HER TIME TO RELAX, INDULGE IN PEACEFUL NAPS , AND FEEL SAFE. IF YOU HAVE A SERENE , CALM ENVIRONMENT AND ARE LOOKING FOR A COMPANION WHO APPRECIATES THE ART OF RELAXATION, NANCY MAY BE JUST THE PERFECT FIT. WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF FOSTER PARENTS FOR DOGS, CATS, AND KITTENS. PLEASE CONSIDER OPENING YOUR HOME TEMPORARILY . IF YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN CONTACT CLAY FOSTERS AT CLAY COUNTY GUV.COM.

ALSO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUR FURRY FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE ONE HOME, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR OUR FOSTER KITTENS THAT ARE ANIMALS. THAT COMPLETES OUR PET ADOPTIONS.

[Clay County Sheriff's Office Staff Recognition]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH . MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS CAN JOIN ME DOWN FRONT FOR SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION.

>> WE HAVE THREE SPECIAL PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT -- -- RICKY WHITE --

DEPUTY MARK COHEN. >> THAT WOULD BE DIRECTOR RICKY WRIGHT, DEPUTY KEN MURRAY, AND RETIRED DEPUTY MARK COHEN.

>> YOU CAN READ THE REST. >> I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I GET, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO, THIS IS A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT DEPUTIES WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR OVER 40 YEARS . THAT IS HUGE, YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OUR AGENCY AND TO OUR COMMUNITY , AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE

AWARD TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU , THANK YOU. WE , A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVE HERE FOR THREE THINGS. THEY MOVE HERE FOR LOW TAXES, QUALITY OF LIFE , AND SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE REGION , AND YOU CONTRIBUTE IMMEASURABLY TO THOSE THREE THINGS, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO HERE. DO YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP IN CENTER CRACKS --? SQUEEZE IN THE MIDDLE. YEAH, SQUEEZE IN THE MIDDLE.

>> WORK.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[1.  National 4-H Week (October 7-12, 2024)]

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>> WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE GOES TO NATIONAL 4-H WEEK , OCTOBER 7 TO 12, 2024 IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL 4-H WEEK. 4-H IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND IS DIVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA I FIST EXTENSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CLAY COUNTY. WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME 4-H AGENT ELAINE -- ARE YOU HERE TONIGHT ? FOLK WAY . I'M SORRY. I LEFT MY GLASSES IN MY POCKET HERE. AND THE 4-H MEMBERS HERE WITH HER TODAY IF THERE ARE ANY ., AND APPEARED TO JOIN US FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. AND COMMISSIONER CELLA WILL READ THE

PROCLAMATION. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY . IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE GROUP. WHEREAS 4-H IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS EMPOWERED OVER 6 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE U.S. WITH THE SKILLS TO LEAD FOR A LIFETIME, AND WHEREAS 4-H'S NATIONAL NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS AND DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE DEDICATED AND SUPPORTIVE MENTORING TO ALL FOUR AGERS HELPING THEM TO GROW INTO TRUE LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND VISIONARIES.

WHEREAS 4-H BRINGS OPPORTUNITIES TO USE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS FROM 4-H CLUBS, SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECTS, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY LEARNING, MENTORING, CAMPING, AND SCHOOL ENRICHMENT. WHEREAS 4-H IS DELIVERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA I FIST EXTENSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CLAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN BY DOING MY HANDS ON PROJECTS IN AREAS INCLUDING HEALTH , SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, AND CITIZENSHIP. WHEREAS 4-H HELPS OVER 10,000 YOUTH IN CLAY COUNTY TO BECOME COMPETENT, INDEPENDENT, RESILIENT, AND COMPASSIONATE LEADERS EACH YEAR. WHEREAS IN 2024 , THE NATIONAL 4-H WEEK THEME "BEYOND READY" CELEBRATES A READY COMMUNITY , PRESENTING THE SKILLS OF THE FUTURE WILL MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS , CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 7 TO 1220 24 AS 4-H WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ALL PRESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE 4-H FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IT HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE BY EMPOWERING YOUTH WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR LIFETIME .

DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 2024, AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES, AND IT IS OFFICIAL. IT IS 4-H WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY OCTOBER 7 TO 12 .

TERRIFIC. >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT WITH CLAY COUNTY 4-H . I KNOW IT IS USED LIKE A DYLAN AND BEVERLY THAT ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY THAT MAKE 4-H THE GREAT PROGRAM THAT IT IS, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE SERVING THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE MEMBERS IN 4-H . THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WHICH GROUP ARE YOU IN? WHICH CLUB ARE YOU IN?

>> I AM IN THE HOOFBEATS EQUESTRIAN TEAM , AND THE

RABBIT CLUB. >> I AM ON THE CLAY COUNTY TEAM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AS WELL AS A FEW DISTRICT AND STATE PROGRAMS

AS WELL. >> I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT WAS IN EQUESTRIAN CLUB , AND SHE IS NOW A LAWYER IN ST. PETERSBURG, SO WHO KNOWS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OF COURSE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> GOOD JOB.

[2.  National Recovery Month (September 2024)]

>> SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH , AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCE HELD DEBRIS SEPTEMBER 2 SUPPORT NEW EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PRACTICES. THE NATIONS ARE STRONG AND PROUD RECOVERY COMMUNITY , AND THE DEDICATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS IN COMMUNITIES TO MAKE RECOVERY IN ALL ITS FORMS POSSIBLE. WILL THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, -- RECOVERED TOGETHER, AT OUR CLAY FIRE . MEDICINE PROGRAM ,

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UP HERE . >> MY NAME IS SHE FERRERA WITH CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. WE HAVE OUR NARCAN COORDINATOR , FRANCESCA. WE HAVE AMY . SHE IS OUR NEW ADMIN ASSESSMENT. OVER HERE AND THE OTHER REDSHIRT WE HAVE MORGAN . SHE IS THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE WHOLE PROGRAM TOGETHER. I WILL GIVE THE MICROPHONE TO MS. HEATHER , AND SHE CAN INTRODUCE HER TEAM.

>> I AM HEATHER HUFFMAN , THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, AND THIS IS ARENA GREEN OUR OPIOID ADDICTION PREVENTION MANAGER.

>> I'M DEBORAH TROUPE, THE CLINICAL MANAGER CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AND THIS IS VALERIE HENRY, ONE OF

OUR. SUPPORT AND GLENN EAST. >> WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH WE CELEBRATE MORE THAN 22 MILLION AMERICANS WHO HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO SEEK HELP FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, SHOWING MILLIONS OF OTHERS THAT RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE , AND WHEREAS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AFFECTS FAMILIES IN EVERY OWNER OF OUR COUNTRY AND DRUG OVERDOSES LAST YEAR TOOK MORE THAN 107,000 AMERICAN LIVES. WHEREASLIVES OF AMERICANS KNOW AND LOVE SOMEONE WHO IS IN RECOVERY , AND WITH THE RIGHT TREATMENT, SUPPORT AND RESOURCES , RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. WHEREAS THE CLAY COUNTY COMMUNITY MEDICINE PROGRAM FOUNDED IN 2019 IS COMPRISED OF PARAMEDICS FROM CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE , R RECOVERY . SUPPORT SPECIALIST, AND THE NALOXONE COORDINATOR ARE WORKING TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS TO HELP IMPROVE VULNERABLE LIVING CONDITIONS, OVERCOME ADDICTION TO OPIOIDS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES , AND CONNECT WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE THEIR EFFORTS TO LIVE HEALTHY INDEPENDENT LIVES. AND WHEREAS THE CLAY COUNTY COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM PROVIDES AWARD-WINNING HOLISTIC COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES WITH AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY FOCUSED APPROACH TO PROMOTING AND IMPLEMENTING PREVENTATIVE CARE IN COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAS RESULTED IN A 28% DECLINE IN OVERDOSE RELATED INCIDENTS IN CLAY COUNTY SINCE 2020. AWESOME. WHEREAS ANYONE STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY ARE NEVER ALONE AND CAN ALWAYS CALL THE 24 HOUR HELP LINE AT 904-284-7703 .

THERE IS HOPE AND RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 2024 AS RECOVERY MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY, DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA , THIS 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024, AND FIND BY OUR CLERK AND COURT COMPTROLLER AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ? OKAY. THERE WE GO. DID EVERYBODY SAY AYE? THERE WE GO. AND WE ARE ALL FOR IT. YES, DEFINITELY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK TONIGHT FOR THIS?

>> AGAIN, SHE FERRERA WITH THE CLAY COUNTY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM. THE PATH TO RECOVERY IS NOT NECESSARILY A STRAIGHT PATH ALWAYS. IT IS SOMETIMES A PATH COUPLED WITH BRAVERY AND STRENGTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT IS ALSO A WINDING ROAD FULL OF BUMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU LOOK UP HERE , THIS IS A VILLAGE, THIS IS THE VILLAGE THAT KIND OF PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER AND MAKE THAT RECOVERY POSSIBLE. OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL , AND IT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF ONE PERSON. IT IS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE TEAM. FOR THAT I'M GRATEFUL. BE COMMISSIONERS, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER, HOWIE , WHEREVER YOU ARE, WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM THAT TRULY IS MAKING BIG STRIDES AND CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE ARE TRULY SAVING LIVES. AGAIN IT IS A JOINT EFFORT. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS TYPICALLY, REALISTICALLY , AN ACCIDENT AWAY FROM BEING ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. THEY ARE SO POWERFUL.

THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS. WE TRULY GO OUT THERE AND BEAT THE STREETS, DO EDUCATION, GOING TO PEOPLE'S HOMES , AND WE ARE NOT GETTING A LOT OF PUSHBACK. WE ARE DISTRIBUTING A LOT OF NARCAN. IT IS CHANGING LIVES. WE ARE REVERSING SO MANY PEOPLE. WE ARE DOING A LOT OF EDUCATION, MEDICATION AND THERAPY PROGRAM, BUT IN THE MEDICINE THE FIRE MEN PROVIDE.

THE COLLABORATION AND TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE DIFFERENCES WE GET PEOPLE INTO RECOVERY AND THEY'RE ABLE TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE, OKAY? BECAUSE IT IS A CURVY , BUMPY ROAD, SOMETIMES A FOLLOW-UP OF THE WAGON, BUT OUR TEAM HERE, THE VILLAGE HERE IS HERE FOR WHEN THAT HAPPENS. WE ARE HERE

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WITHOUT THEM IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[3.  National Hereditary Cancer Week (September 29, 2024 – October 5, 2024)]

>> SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 5 IS NATIONAL HEREDITARY CANCER WEEK . WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 2010 AS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE IMPACT OF HEREDITARY CANCER HAS ON ALL FAMILIES . WHILE THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BAPTIST, M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, HCA FLORIDA, ORANGE PARK, AND ASCENSION CP , ST. VINCENT'S, CLAY COUNTY , COME ON UP. AND WE HAVE STACY JORDAN , AND WE HAVE , I THINK I HAVE, OKAY , I SEE YOU, YOU ARE DR. SHAW? DR. SHAW. I WILL LET YOU INTRODUCE

YOURSELVES. >> ALEXANDRA REINHARDT,

BAPTIST. >>

>> SADIE DURHAM, ASCENSION ST. VINCENT'S, CLAY COUNTY .

>> STACY JORDAN, HCA , MEDICAL IMAGING.

>> CANCER WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED BY A CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON JULY 15 , 2010 TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A PERSONAL OR FAMILY HISTORY OF CANCER INCLUDING THOSE AFFECTED BY INHERITED MUTATIONS LINKS TO BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER.

WHEREAS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 1 IN 400 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES CARRIES A GENE MUTATION THAT CAUSES A PREDISPOSITION TO BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER. IN WOMEN WITH THESE MUTATIONS HAVE A 60% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER AND A 40% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING OVARIAN CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND WHEREAS HEREDITARY CANCERS ARE OFTEN MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER CANCERS AND OCCUR AT A YOUNGER AGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO UNDERGO CANCER SCREENING , AND CHOSEN WITH ONE PARENT THAT POSSESSES THIS GENETIC MUTATION HAVE A 50% CHANCE OF INHERITING THE SAME MUTATION, LEADING TO A HIGHER CANCER RISK . AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL HEREDITARY CANCER WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS , AND OTHERS AFFECTED TO COME TOGETHER TO SPOTLIGHT HEREDITARY CANCER AND IMPART KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CANCER SCREENING AND RISK MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO PREVENTATIVE, LIFE-SAVING STRATEGIES , AND WHEREAS CLAY COUNTY IS GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN OUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA WHO ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING WORLD-CLASS CANCER CARE , IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HEREDITARY CANCER, AND BRINGING HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 5, 2024 IS NATIONAL HEREDITARY CANCER WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY , OUTSTANDING WORK BEING DONE EVERY DAY BY THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT OFFER CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, THERAPIES , AND A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF SPECIALISTS HAVING THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER THE BEST CHANCE AT GETTING THEIR LIFE BACK, DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA , THIS 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. DO I HAVE A MOTION ? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. OF COURSE , NONE ARE OPPOSED IT IT PASSES . DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SAY?

>> THANK YOU. CANCER AFFECTS EVERYONE OF US, WHETHER IT IS US PERSONALLY, OR A LOVED ONE , FAMILIES, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS TOUCHED BY IT. WITH ALL OF THE NEW ADVANCEMENTS TECHNOLOGICALLY , THE INCREASED ATTENTION TO

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>> DR. SHAW MENTIONED A LOT OF US , HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY CANCER, BY SOME FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU? RAISE YOUR HAND. YOU LOOK AROUND AND THE SECRET TO CURING CANCER IS EARLY DIAGNOSIS , WHETHER IT BE BY TECHNOLOGY OR SELF-EXAMINATION. SO , IF YOU , IF YOU THINK YOU MAY , GET IT CHECKED OUT. THAT, THAT IS THE WORD OF ADVICE I HAVE. SO , ANYWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. A COUPLE OF PHOTOS AND THEN MOVING ON.

[Employee Healthcare Update (T. Nagle)]

>> AND SPEAKING OF QUALITY HEALTHCARE, WE HAVE TROY NAGEL WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON OUR EMPLOYEE

HEALTHCARE. >> COMMISSIONERS, IN YOUR PACKET THERE IS A LETTER THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO SEND TO FLORIDA BLUE AND BAPTIST. AS YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THEY ARE IN A LOGJAM OVER THERE AGREEMENT , AND THAT DOES AFFECT ALL OF OUR COUNTY AND, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE , CONSTITUTIONAL'S POTENTIALLY . TRAVIS IS HERE FROM THE BAILEY GROUP TO KIND OF SPEAK FURTHER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LETTER , OR ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE AT IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY TO ISSUE A LETTER KIND OF STATING OUR CONCERN IF THEY DON'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND HOW THIS CAN AFFECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE FAMILIES OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU -- >> I WOULD LOVE, MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD, TO GET TRAVIS COMING UP TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OR A RUNDOWN AS TO WHAT HE KNOWS. I AM ALL FOR THE LETTER. I THINK, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THE PATIENTS AND THOSE WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS POSSIBLE SEPARATION NEED, NEED TO SPEAK UP AND LET THEM KNOW, BOTH PARTIES , THAT WE NEED THEM TO GET DOWN, DOWN TO BUSINESS. TRAVIS.

>> SURE. THANK YOU , CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR , AND OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, AND THE TRUST FROM THE BAILEY GROUP WHO REPRESENT A LITTLE OVER 100,000 LIVES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA , A LOT OF YOUR PUBLIC SECTOR GROUPS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES AND CITIES MOSTLY ARE WITH FLORIDA BLUE. THIS IS BEEN A SOMEWHAT STRESSFUL MATTER AND I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH JESSICA AND AUBREY AND TROY AND STAFF. THE LATEST UPDATE AND I WILL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION I THINK IS IMPORTANT , IS IT LOOKS LIKE LAST WEEK, AS YOU WELL KNOW, DARNELL SMITH , THE MARKET PRESIDENT FROM FLORIDA BLUE, HAD BEEN AN EXECUTIVE ALONE IS A CHEESE -- CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, AND BLUE CROSS PULLED, PULLED HIM AWAY FROM THAT ROLE TO REALLY TRY TO MOVE THE BALL IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS. OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR WAS GLAD TO APPROVE THAT SINCE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT , AND THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE'S WITH LACROSSE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. WITH THAT BEING SAID, USER TO FEEL LITTLE PROGRESS . WE STAY IN TOUCH WITH DARNELL AT BLUE CROSS AS WELL AS BAPTIST, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE LATEST POST FROM DARNELL , HE IS VERY GOOD ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE AND UPDATING EVERYBODY, YOU MIGHT HAVE SAW SOMETHING YESTERDAY ON LINKEDIN . THEY STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO AND WE ONLY HAVE A WEEK TO GO RIGHT BEFORE THE DEADLINE. SO JUST TO UPDATE EVERYONE, THEY WOULD BE NONPARTICIPATING THE ENTIRE BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM INCLUDING WILSON'S, WHICH IS A HUGE CONCERN, BEING REALLY ARE ONLY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 1. THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL PLANS. IT IS , WELL AS INDIVIDUAL MEDICAREADVANTAGE PLANS. FORTUNATELY THE CARE SUPPLEMENT PLANS WITH BLUE CROSS WOULD STILL BE PARTICIPATING, BUT OBVIOUSLY REALLY EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE NONPARTICIPATING . SO, YOU

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BLUE CROSS IS ASKING FOR A 9.6% INCREASE YEAR-OVER-YEAR FOR 5 YEARS WHICH EQUATES TO OVER $1 BILLION. AS MR. MAYO SAID, IT HAS BEEN IT'S ABOUT 2016 SINCE THEY RECEIVED AN INCREASE.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE , YOU WISH THERE HAD BEEN SOME KIND OF INCREMENTAL, YOU KNOW, INFLATIONARY TREND SINCE THEN INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET IT ALL AT THIS POINT. WE REPRESENT, FORTUNATELY, AS WELL, BESIDES THE FIRST WAS DAUGHTERS THAT ARE WITHIN CLAY COUNTY, ALSO JACKSONVILLE POLICE AND FIRE HEALTH INSURANCE TRUST , WHICH IS OVER 10,000 MEMBERS AND RETIREES, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVILY ENGAGED , I CAN ASSURE YOU. I HAVE MET WITH EACH OF THOSE PARTIES TO ENCOURAGE A COMPROMISE, BUT NOTHING TO REPORT YET. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE NATURE OF THE TIMES. WE HAVE AETNA JUST REACHED AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE RETROACTIVE TO I BELIEVE 8/1 MAYBE 9/1 WITH HCA. AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO, FLAGLER -- FLAGLER YOU HAVE HEALTH. UNITED IS NONPARTICIPATING AS WE SPEAK WITH THE ENTIRE UFO SYSTEM, EVEN JACKSONVILLE AND GAINESVILLE. OBVIOUSLY, TROY AND YOUR TEAM, MR. WANAMAKER VELASQUEZ, REISINGER MOVE, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE AWAY FROM BLUE CROSS TO MAKE SURE THE BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM IS PARTICIPATING, AND ON OUR BOOK OF BUSINESS WE AREN'T SEEING THAT YET. WE LIVE -- AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING, INTERESTING ENOUGH FOR THE , INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IS THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT 7300 MEMBER EMPLOYEE WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 14,000 MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AETNA AND UNITED GROUPS THAT ARE MOVING TO BLUE CROSS EFFECTIVE 10/1 OR 1/1. YOU MAY SAY WHY, WHY ARE THEY FLEEING AT THIS TIME , AND LARGELY IT IS A COUPLE OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM IS A PUBLIC SECTOR GROUP AND THAT IS NASSAU COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, AND THEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, LARGE PRIVATE SECTOR GROUPS.

SEVERAL ARE SELF-FUNDED, SO IT IS REALLY A FINANCIAL MOVE AS WELL AS SOME SERVICE ASKED ACCESS WELL. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COLOR GROUPS THAT ARE EVALUATING A MOVE. WHEN I SAY SMALLER, UNDER 100 LIVES OR SO WERE 200 LIVES. BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND THE DISRUPTION. HOW THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING TO MENTION. I ALSO WILL SAY AS EACH OF YOU COMMISSIONERS KNOW ALL TOO WELL, YOU ARE IN A SELF-FUNDED MEDICAL AND PHARMACY PROGRAM, AND SO JUST, JUST WITH A LOT OF OUR LIVES INCLUDING JACKSONVILLE POLICE AND FIRE, YOU KNOW , WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT LARGE OF AN INCREASE AND YOU TAKE YOUR BAPTIST CLAIMS AND JUST BUMP THEM UP 9 TO 10% YEAR-OVER-YEAR, IT CAN BE A BIG IMPACT. THAT BEING SAID, HEY, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PICK SIDES. WE ARE TRYING TO ADVISE YOU AND SERVE YOU AND VALUE YOUR EMPLOYEES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE HOPING BOTH PARTIES THAT CALM OUR HEADS PREVAIL AND COMPROMISE EXISTS. WE KNOW BAPTIST IS A LARGE EMPLOYER OBVIOUSLY IN OUR COUNTY AS WELL. I WILL SAY IS TROY AND TINA PROBABLY MENTIONED, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING FROM A NETWORK PERSPECTIVE WITHIN ABBA SCENE APPRENTICESHIP THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YOU WILL SEE IT SOON ENOUGH THAT RELATE TO HERBAGE AND CARE. THAT'S NOT PRIMARY CARE , BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME CO-PAY ASSISTANCE AND WAVING IN THAT REGARD , IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE PUSH, JACKSONVILLE POLICE AND FIRE, A LOT OF OUR OTHER PUBLIC ACTOR GROUPS ARE DOING THAT AS WELL. I WILL ADD, TOO, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO HAVE WITH A BLUE CROSS HMO PLAN , THAT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO CLAY COUNTY . A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON BLUE CARE PLANS IN THE REGION, WHICH HAS NEVER HAD MAYO CLINIC DISSIPATING AS AN IN NETWORK PROVIDER. AS OF 9/WHEN THAT HAS CHANGED , SO BLUE CROSS HAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH MAYO CLINIC . I MET WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP ACTUALLY THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER GROUP TO KIND VERIFY THAT, SO THEIR ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW , MEDICAL HOME, LET'S CALL IT , WHETHER IT BE PRIMARY CARE, SPECIALTY CARE, BUT THEIR FACILITIES WILL NOW BE PARTICIPATING, WHICH IS THE FIRST HMO PLAN, I BELIEVE, IN MAYO'S ENTIRE SYSTEM, EVEN ROCHESTER IN SCOTTSDALE. THAT IS PRETTY TELLING , THAT BLUE CROSS AND MAYO HAVE DONE THAT BASED ON THESE BAPTIST NEGOTIATIONS , YOU KNOW, AND ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE ARE TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY. I KNOW THAT AS LATE AS THIS AFTERNOON OUR AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON , OUR TEAM WITH TERESA ANDERSON, WHO DOES A GREAT JOB FOR THE COUNTY

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>> IF I MAY OFF OF THAT, WE HAD TO MEET, MEET REGULAR WITH THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE PICK UP ON THIS COMMITTEE MET THIS BODY WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL, BRIEF THEM ON THE CHANGES TO OUR BENEFITS BUT ALSO A TO THIS ISSUE. JESSICA HAS PREPARED A MEMO THAT WILL GO OUT IF NO, IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BY MONDAY , WE WILL SEND THAT OUT TO ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL'S AND WE WILL HAVE THAT HOTLINE INFORMATION ON IT THAT THE GROUP IS SETTING UP TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE VERY LAST MOMENT TO SEND THAT OUT, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT, BUT IF NOT I THINK WE ARE TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO PREPARE OUR STAFF THE BEST WE CAN FOR THIS AND IT, YOU KNOW, SITUATION. SO .

>> I THINK, CHAIRMAN, ON THAT NOTE, AND YOU JUST HAD A CANCER PHYSICIAN HERE BEFORE YOU WITH MD ANDERSON. MD ANDERSON OBVIOUSLY IS A BAPTIST PARTNER AND ONCOLOGY CARE. THERE ARE SOME CONTINUITY OF CARE MEASURES AND CRITERIA BASED ON PATIENTS BEING SEEN FOR MORE CRITICAL TYPES OF CARE IN THE BAPTIST SYSTEM , THAT THERE IS AN APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, PORTION OF THAT CRITERIA AND WILL BE HELPING A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS WITH, INCLUDING THOSE WITH THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHERE WE NEED THEM TO NOT HAVE ANY DISRUPTIONS AND STAY WITHIN THE BAPTIST SYSTEM. THERE IS A STEP WITHIN THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS THAT THEY WILL DO, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. WILL BE FORWARDED TO EACH AND EVERYONE

OF YOU. >> TRAVIS, BLUE CROSS HAS AN ISSUE, I THINK DOWN IN NAPLES? THE SAME SORT OF ISSUE. ARE THEY AFFILIATED, YOU KNOW , DOES ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER, OR ARE THEY INDEPENDENT? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY STAND?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SIMILAR LOCK , CHAIRMAN .

DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. MATTER FACT, DARNELL, BEING THE NEW MARKET PRESIDENT, AND KIND OF SARASOTA, TOTALLY SEPARATE. I HEAR BOTH ARE IN PRETTY GOOD GRIDLOCK LIKE IT IS UP THIS WAY. AND TO BE FAIR TO BAPTIST AT LEAST , SHARE WITH YOU AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, YOU KNOW , FROM THE BROKER COMMUNITY, BUT OUR EMPLOYERS, THEY JUST FEEL THAT THEY NEEDED TO BRING, YOU KNOW, THE PAYERS IN THIS REGION UP SOME MARKET, YOU KNOW, THAT IS COMPARABLE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE OR EVEN THE SOUTHEAST, AND ONCE AGAIN IT IS STILL A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THAT BLUE CROSS, WE HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT BLUE CROSS IS OFFERING AS IT RELATES TO, AND THEY GOT PRETTY CLOSE, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CAVEATS TO IT THAN HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE TOTALLY SEPARATE, CHAIRMAN, THOSE TWO.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TRAVIS? ONCE AGAIN, THIS LETTER IS, IT IS LATE BUT NOT TOO LATE. I GUESS WE WERE WAITING AND HOPEFUL THAT THEY COULD NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT , AND THE TENOR OF THIS LETTER IS JUST WE WANT THEM TO COME TO CLOSURE SOMEHOW, BECAUSE THE IMPACT OF NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WITH THE ABSENCE OF BAPTIST WOULD BE , WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT . SO WITH THAT, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS LETTER.

>> SOME OOMPH. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ME TO SIGN THIS LETTER TO BOTH BAPTIST AND BLUE CROSS, FLORIDA BLUE , RATHER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> I WOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW , SITUATION AS A LARGE EMPLOYER IN OUR REGION. THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN JACKSONVILLE MADE A PRETTY SOUND AND DIRECT COMMUNICATION ON THEIR BOARD FLOOR LAST WEEK JUST AS HE WELL ACTED HERE. I WOULD KEEP TRYING AND KEEP PUSHING AND ENCOURAGE

[CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS]

CALMER HEADS TO PREVAIL. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. WE HAVE SHERIFF COOK WHO HAS BEEN UP HERE AND THE CLERK GREENS OVER HERE AS WELL , AND WAY IN THE BACK IS JEREMY JOHNSON, OUR CC UA , SO WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING. SHERIFF COOK , DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? CLEO GREENE?

>> SEASON HAS KICKED OFF. WE HAVE PETITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN AND THE DEADLINE IS NOW DONE. LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT IN 733 PETITIONS OF WHICH A LARGE BULK OF THAT WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE OFFICE ON THE LAST DAY TO BE MANUALLY INPUTTED TO HIT THE DEADLINE . THIS YEAR, OUR TOTAL WAS 1907 , OF WHICH

[00:40:05]

FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS. >> KRISTI HAS A FEW MORE GRAY

HAIRS NOW. MAXEYS STILL HERE. >> SHE'S STILL HERE, THOUGH .

>> CLERK , IS IT THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER? IS IT THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER YEAR AFTER YEAR?

>> YES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I AM DOING THIS YEAR IS I AM TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO GET A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE . WITH ALL OF THE TECHNICAL MEANS TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY, TRY TO MANDATE THAT IF YOU ARE A BULK FLAT FILE THERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE BULK FILERS. THEY ARE DOING THIS IS A BUSINESS. THEY ARE MAKING MONEY ON THIS , IS TO GET A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE WERE IF YOU ARE CAN ENTERED A BULK FILER WITH X AMOUNT OR MORE FILINGS, THAT IF THERE IS AN ELECTRONIC MEANS TO FILE THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILE. THAT IS STEP ONE. AND IF THAT DOESN'T FLY, NEGOTIATE FROM THERE MAY BE WITH THE LEGISLATORS ON A CHANGE WERE OKAY , YOU ARE A BULK FILER AND YOU WANT TO FILE IN THE PAPER, MAYBE YOU PAY MORE BECAUSE IT IS MORE OF A RESOURCE LOAD. WE WILL WORK THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THIS YEAR TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE ANY HEADWAY.

>> SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FILINGS.

>> IT IS 160%. >> 160 . AND, LIKE CLARK SAID , A LOT OF THEM ARE MANUAL. IN FACT, 95% ARE MANUAL. MANUAL

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> I WILL MOVE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 10 , 2024. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> YES, SIR MY NAME IS WILLIAM SCHULTE. I LIVE AT 3321 NORTH ROAD HERE SOUTH OF GREEN COVE. MY FIRST POINT IS , IF I GO TO ROSEMARY, I'M ALLOWED 500 POUNDS PER MONTH IF I TAKE IT.

IF I GO TO DOCTORS INLET , I'M ALLOWED A PICKUP TRUCK LOAD 3 DAYS PER WEEK . I CAN GO THREE TIMES A WEEK. IF I TAKE 500 POUND, THAT EQUIVALENT TO 78,000 POUNDS PER YEAR THAT THEY COUNTY HAS TO PAY TO HOLD BACK AND ROSEMARY PICK UP A GO TO ROSEMARY I GET 6000 POUNDS FOR YEAR, AND IT DON'T COST THEM NOTHING FOR ME TO TAKE THEM TO ROSEMARY, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAUL FROM DOCTORS INLET BACK TO ROSEMARY. THAT IS 78,000 POUNDS. THERE I SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT THERE IN MY OPINION. I MEAN , DOLLARWISE, THAT DON'T EVEN MAKE SENSE FOR THE COUNTY TO PAY TO HAUL IT. MY NEXT QUESTION IS , SOUTH OF GREEN COVE, THE CITY OF RENO COVE SPRINGS HAS BUILT IN A ROAD FROM THE DAIRY OVER TO 17 17.93, 92 , RIGHT IN THAT AREA . -- RECYCLING IN JACKSONVILLE , DEMOED HOUSES, FIBERGLASS

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NOW THE OTHER THING IS THEY SAY I DON'T, MAYBE I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS GARBAGE US, BUT I HAULED IT FOR THE FIRST EIGHT OR NINE YEARS THAT WE HAD GARBAGE SERVICE IN THIS COUNTY.

SO , THAT IS MY COMMENT. >> THANK YOU.

>>

>> FELICIA HAMPSHIRE. >> GOOD EVENING. THAT WOULD BE ME. TO ALL OF YOU , COUNSEL, I'M SORRY I'M GOING TO SAY COUNSEL BECAUSE I'M SO USED TO COUNSEL. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS FELICIA HAMPSHIRE . I AM HERE TO SHARE SOME EXCITING INFORMATION , AND I HAVE A CHEAT SHEET HERE BECAUSE I FORGET IN MY OLD AGE . IT IS REGARDING THE 23RD ANNUAL SOUL FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL , BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COMMISSIONER , COMMISSIONER BURKE , AND FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SHE DOES FOR OUR DISTRICT , THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S SEE HERE , WHERE AN EYE. AND I ALSO WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AN EVENT IN MIDDLEBURG WHICH I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH COMMISSIONER CONDON ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. NOW , THE FIRST, THE 23RD ANNUAL SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, NEXT SATURDAY, THINK GOD , BECAUSE THERE IS A STORM COMING, OCTOBER 5, AND IT WILL BEGIN WITH A PARADE AT NOON . IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PART OF OUR PARADE , PLEASE SEE DEBORAH AUSTIN. I CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. AND SECONDLY , WE WILL HAVE A GOSPEL HOUR THAT WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 FOR ALL OF YOU WHO LOVE GOSPEL. PLEASE COME ON OUT FOR THAT. WE WILL HAVE SOME LOCAL CHOIRS. IF YOU HAVE A CHOIR THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. OUR SPECIAL GUEST WILL BE HELEN MILLER, AND MANY OF YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW HER , BUT SHE IS AN AMAZING GOSPEL SINGER, AND SHE WILL BE THERE. AT 3:00 WE WILL HAVE A TRIBUTE TO FRANKIE BEVERLY AND MAZE. IF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF THAT GAME. MR. BEVERLY PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO SO WE ARE GOING TO DO A SPECIAL TRIBUTE. WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL BANDS, AND FLORIDA BLUE , FLORIDA BLUE AND THE AARON GROUP WILL BE SPONSORING OUR KIDS ZONE. SO IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT LOVE TO HAVE FUN AND PLAY , PLEASE SEND THEM ON OUT TO THE KIDS ZONE .

TO ENTER THE FESTIVAL IS FREE. PARKING IS FREE. WE LOVE DOING THIS STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS. I'M TRYING TO HURRY BECAUSE THREE MINUTES GOES BY REALLY FAST. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A KICKBALL TOURNAMENT THAT IS SPONSORED BY AA PROPANE. IF YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AND PLAY KICKBALL, MAYBE WE CAN GET THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AGAINST THE COMMISSIONERS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO COME ON OUT, KICK A BALL. LET'S SEE HERE . WE WILL ALSO HAVE A HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT , SWEET POTATO PIE CONTEST. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE SOME,'S AND GRANDMAMA'S WHO CAN BAKE SWEEP POTATO PIES, SO COME ON OUT AND WIN THAT TROPHY. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A BARBECUE RIB CONTEST, AND A LOT OF DANCING GOING ON. ALREADY? I JUST GOT STARTED. ME A PLEASE JUST HAVE A SECOND OR TWO TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MIDDLEBURG? OKAY. SO, MIDDLEBURG HILLTOP COMMUNITY, WHICH MS. CONDON IS OVER , THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THAT, THAT FIELD WHERE ALL OF THAT, 50 YEARS AGO THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF GUYS INCLUDING MY HUSBAND WHO PLAYED SOME BALL. THEY WILL INVITE ALL THOSE GUYS BACK AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT, HE SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT EITHER WAY

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>> THE TWINS. >> SO THERE WERE TWO TEAMS OUT THERE THAT PLAYED MANY, MANY MOONS AGO, SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY CAN HAVE THAT SIGNAGE, AND IF THAT IS POSSIBLE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. ALL OF YOU ARE INVITED TO BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS, SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. YOU ARE MY MAN. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.

>> FELICIA IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND FORMER COUNCILWOMAN IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS. AND MAYOR, ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> I WASN'T GOING TO TELL THEM

ABOUT IT. >> THE NEXT ONE IS STEPHEN VAN BLOOM.

>> I'M RUNNING DOWN HERE LIKE I'M ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON , COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THAT IS UP IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TO MY NEIGHBORS. MY NAME IS STEVE VAN BLOOM. I LIVE IN THE CAMERON OAKS DEVELOPMENT, OVER IN , IT IS NORTH, NORTH , THE NORTH SIDE OF CLAY, ALONG , SIMILAR TO , ALONGSIDE THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY, NEAR OAK LEAF , THE SOUTHERN PART OF OAK LEAF.

SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO US ON SEPTEMBER 14 AS WE HAVE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE . SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF SCARY TO US WHEN WE WOKE UP ON THAT AFTERNOON, THERE WAS WATER THAT WAS ENCROACHING INTO OUR STREET , ABOVE THE SIDEWALK, INTO OUR YARDS, UP TO, BUT NOT THROUGH OUR DOORS LUCKILY, BUT UP TO OUR GARAGE DOORS, UP TO OUR FRONT DOORS. MY NEIGHBORS, THEIR BACKYARD WAS COMPLETELY SOGGY AND WET . A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THERE IS A DRAINAGE DITCH BEHIND THEIR HOUSE. SO ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE THERE IS A DRAINAGE DITCH AND WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING, I'M SORRY, SIGNIFICANT RAIN BEFORE AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE SUSPECT THAT CAUSED ALL THIS FLOODING , FROM THE NEARBY CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING BEHIND THESE TREES , BEHIND OUR HOUSES , NEXT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD . WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DEWATERING OR THEY ARE CLEARING VEGETATION THAT IS ABSORBING WATER , SO IT IS OVER INUNDATING WATER INTO OUR DRAINAGE DITCHES AND OVER INUNDATING WATER INTO OUR STREET, STREET DITCHES, STREET DRAINAGES , AND THEY, IT JUST KEPT NOTCHING UP THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT WE HAVE. SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RESOURCES THAT WE CAN COUNT ON. I KNOW THAT WE ARE EXPECTING A HUGE STORM TO COME TOWARD THIS DIRECTION AND THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS MYSELF, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND HAVE WATER ON THE FLOORS OF OUR HOUSES, IN SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EITHER REMEDY THE SITUATION SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE, OR PERHAPS GET SOME RESOURCES TO HELP US WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THEN I WANT TO THANK MY NEIGHBORS. I HAVE MY NEIGHBORS HERE. I DID NOT HAVE IT AS BAD. THEY DID. THEY WERE THE ONES ACROSS THE STREET THAT HAD IT AS BAD. THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY GET A GAS POWERED WATER PUMP, SOMETHING YOU SEE, LIKE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS, A 4 INCH HOSE, AND DRAIN FOR HOURS WATER INTO THE STREET TO THE DRAINS COULD TAKE IT. THAT IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION TO THE BOARD. THANK

YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AUSTIN NICHOLAS, YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THE ITEMS OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW, I THINK.

>> YES, SIR. AUSTIN NICHOLAS, 6747 SOUTH POINT PARKWAY, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. I BELIEVE IT WAS, IT IS ALL BUSINESS, BUT YEAH , THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK

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THAT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEY ARE FINE WITH THAT WE JUST HAVE CONCERNS LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY OVER THE NEW FEES BEING ADDED AND THE INCREASES TO NOT IMPACT FEES.

SINCE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS NOT AWARE OF THESE CHANGES, THESE SPECIFIC CHANGES, LIKE INCLUDING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FEES, UNTIL 2.5 WEEKS AGO. WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU IMPLEMENT THESE NEW FEES AND FEE INCREASES IN SIX MONTHS. IT WILL ALLOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR TIME TO OBSERVE THESE COST INCREASES THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY UNAWARE OF. IT IS ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PENCILED AND ARE MOVING FORWARD CURRENTLY THAT DID NOT ANTICIPATE THESE INCREASED COSTS , SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN THROW OFF THE CALCULUS OF A PROJECT. I JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU WAIT SIX MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT THESE NOT IMPACT FEES AND ADDITIONS AND AS ALWAYS I THINK YOU ALL TO YOUR SERVICE FOR CLAY COUNTY AND IT CITIZENS AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE CARDS THAT I HAVE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON PUBLIC COMMENT, IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD?

[CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 18?

>> 18? >> 18 .

>> I WANT TO PULL 21 AS WELL. >> SO WE HAVE 18 AND 21. ANY

OTHER ITEMS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL , CHAIR , THE FEE SCHEDULE , I'M LOOKING FOR IT.

>> IT'S UNDER OLD BUSINESS. >> THAT IS ALL BUSINESS. OKAY.

WE CAN DISCUSS LATER. >>

>> NO PROBLEM. >> ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT

AGENDA EXCEPT FOR 18 AND 21. >>

>> I WILL SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

[18.  Approval of a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners Granting "Area of Operation" Authority to the Housing Finance Authority of Hillsborough County, Florida, to Operate its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bond Program (including issuing Mortgage Credit Certificates) within Clay County (T. Sumner)]

APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER 8 . >> YES, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT THIS. TERESA CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IT IS A REALLY POSITIVE MOVE FOR OUR COUNTY THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS HELPING US AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT IT WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES WE HAVE HAD TRYING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS , SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING GREAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A MARGIE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM TO OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IF THIS IS APPROVED , IT WOULD ENTITLE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS USING OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO USE A TAX CREDIT. IT IS A DIRECT INTRODUCTION OF TAXES THAT ARE DUE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, TAXES TO THE IRS FOR POTENTIAL HOMEOWNER CAN REDUCE THEIR WITHHOLDING TAXES BY APPROXIMATELY $160-$170 PER MONTH . AND THAT CREATES A TAX CONSEQUENCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF APPROXIMATELY $2000. SO WHEN THE HOMEOWNER IS DOING THE TAXES AT THE END OF THE YEAR , THEY HAVE THE TAX BILL, THEY OWE THE IRS $2000, THIS MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE TAKES CARE OF THAT, WIPES IT OUT, PAYS IT. THE FACT THAT THE HOMEOWNER, THE PROSPECTIVE OWNER CAN REDUCE THE WITHHOLDING TAX, THAT PUTS $160 , $170 IN THEIR POCKET EVERY MONTH, BUT IT ALSO HELPS THE LENDER IN QUALIFYING THEM FOR THEIR MORTGAGE. SO THAT IS KIND OF A TWOFOLD THING RIGHT THERE.

THAT TAX CREDIT IS AVAILABLE TO THAT HOMEOWNER FOR AS LONG AS THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSE. SO IF THEY LIVE NEAR 10 TO 15 YEARS, THAT, THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL. IN ORDER TO HAVE AN MCC PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALLOCATION FROM THE DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE, AND THAT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET. THE CLAY COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT APPLYING FOR THE ALLOCATION TO DO THAT , BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID WE'VE GOT ALLOCATION . WE ARE GETTING READY TO DO AN MCC PROGRAM, DO YOU WANT TO JOIN OUR PROGRAM ,

[01:00:01]

>> SAID BASICALLY STARTING JANUARY, IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE A FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER, THEY CAN CALL YOUR OFFICE? HOW CAN

THEY DO THAT? >> THEY CAN CALL THE OFFICE AND WE CAN GIVE THEM A LIST OF THE LENDERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS. THEY WOULD NEED TO USE ONE OF MY ONE OF THE LENDERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM. THEY WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS $20,000, AND THEN YOU ADD THIS MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE OF $2000 ON TOP OF THAT, SO IF THEY CALL THE OFFICE, 278-4700 , WE HAVE A FLYER WE CAN SEND THEM TO GET THEM POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, TERESA .

>> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I'M GLAD YOU PULLED IT. I WAS GOING TO PULL IT. THIS IS ANOTHER ARROW IN OUR QUIVER. WE HAVE THE SHIP PROGRAM AND THE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND WE HAVE NOW THIS MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SO ONCE AGAIN , IT, IT, IT IS GOOD STAFF WORKING, GOOD ADMINISTRATION TO HELP CONSTITUENTS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CLAY COUNTY . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO , ITEM NUMBER 18. I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

[21.  Approval of Type III Development Agreement Between Fleming Industrial Park, LLC and Clay County, Florida, for Parcel Nos. 02-05-25-008874-000-00 and 02-05-25-008871-003-00 and associated Access Easement Agreement between Fleming Industrial Park, LLC and Clay County for Parcel No. 02-05-25-008871-000-00 (C. Grimm)]

>> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PICK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS. HEARING NONE, OTHERS IN FAVOR SAY AYE? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 21, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, IT IS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD , A BIT NONSTANDARD, BUT I THINK IT IS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY THAT WE IMPROVE THIS. GO AHEAD

AND EXPLAIN IT. >> YES. THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS BEING BROUGHT TO THE BOARD . NORMALLY DEVELOPING AGREEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY HANDLED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT THIS ONE IS BEING BROUGHT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY INVOLVES AN ACCESS EASEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH IT. SO THIS IS UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACTS. IT IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACTS, AND THIS JUST, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SETS FORTH SOME REQUIREMENTS AND CONTROLS, YOU KNOW, TO DEAL WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIVE LOCAL ACTS, BUT THE SPECIAL PART THAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER IS REFERENCING IS THAT THE PROJECT NEEDED A SECOND MEANS OF ACCESS , AND SO THE DEVELOPER CAME TO THE COUNTY AND ASKED , IT BACKS UP TO OUR ARMSTRONG PARK , AND ASKED IF THE COUNTY WOULD PROVIDE AN EASEMENT. SO IN CONNECTION WITH THAT , THE COUNTY LOOKED AT IT , AND WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE THE EASEMENT , AND IN EXCHANGE, THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT. SO THOSE ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT D.

>> AND THIS WAS A CIP PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WAS NOT , OR TAKEN OFF THE LIST, I GUESS, DUE TO AFFORDABILITY , SO THIS WILL PROVIDE A TEMPORARY, OR YOU KNOW, MODERATE IMPROVEMENT TO THE PARKING LOT . SO .

INAUDIBLE ] >> I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. IT WILL TAKE CARE OF ACV -- A SAFETY ISSUE , THEY ARE TRYING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAME TIME WHICH WE KNOW DOESN'T WORK ALL THAT WELL. SO I THINK IT IS, IT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP AND IT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO ACCUMULATE SOME MONIES TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND DO IT PERMANENTLY, BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY ISSUE, AND ALSO HELP WITH PARKING AT THE , AT THE BALL FIELD ON THOSE DAYS WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE BIG CROWDS THAT SHOW UP.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 21, APPROVAL OF TYPE III DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN FLEMING INDUSTIRAL PARK, LLC AND CLICK CLAY COUNTY , FLORIDA.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> WHAT? >> I SAID SECOND.

>> DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NAYS, LIKEWISE. WE ARE ONTO DISCUSSION FROM OUR COUNTY AUDITOR, FCC AUDITOR. WE HAVE

[27.  5:05 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard - Second and Final Public Hearing - Adoption of Final Millage and Budget for FY24/25]

, COUNTY MANAGER. >> CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS ,

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CHALLENGER CENTER MS YOU 3.0 MILLS. REVENUES INCLUDING ESTIMATED CASH CARRYFORWARD REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT AVAILABLE INFORMATION. FIVE AND ONE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MUST APPROVE TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS AS PART OF THIS HEARING. THE FIRST ADOPTS THE FINAL MILLAGE RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 FOR THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE SECOND RESOLUTION ADOPTS THE FINAL BUDGETS FOR THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN THE LAKE ASBURY MS BD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 /2025. OVER TO

YOU . >> THANK YOU . THIS IS THE FINAL, CORRECTION , THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ISSUE. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW IF THERE WAS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE RATE, THE AD VALOREM RATE OR THE FINAL BUDGET.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, AND I SEE NO ONE STANDING UP.

SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE , I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING , AND, NO I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO KEEP IT OPEN , I GUESS. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL VOTE . FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SETTING THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE TO BE LEVIED FOR THE COUNTY AND THE LAKE ASBURY MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24/25. THAT RATE IS THE SAME RATE WE HAD LAST YEAR, SO IT IS UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR, JUST FOR EDIFICATION. SO, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE

THE RATE , AND MOVE FORWARD. >> WE WILL DO THE ROLL CALL.

>> WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FIRST? YEAH, WE NEED A MOTION

FIRST. >>

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE RATE AND A SECOND. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. CHRISTINE, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? THE CLERK , CLERK GREENE IS GOING TO.

>> COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. >> AYE.

>> MONSIEUR CONDON. >> AYE.

>> COMMISSIONER CELLA . >> AYE.

>> COMMISSIONER COMPERE. >> AYE PICS

>> COMMISSIONER BURKE. >> I AYE.

>> MOTION IS APPROVED. THE SECOND RESOLUTION I NEED IS FOR ADOPTING THE FINAL FY 24/25 BUDGET AND THE AMOUNT OF $819,013,037 INCLUSIVE OF THE LAKE ASBURY MS BD BUDGET OF 1,112,606 MS BD BUDGET OF $1,112,606.

>> MOVED FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER

VOSE VOID. >>

>> IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO BOTH RESOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN PASSED. WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. REDONE?

>> YES , SIR, WE ARE DONE PENDING ANY COMMENTS BY THE

[26.  Public Hearing on the adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2024-21, which established the Governors Park South Community Development District, in order to amend the contract the boundaries of the Governors Park South Community Development District (C. Grimm)]

BOARD. >> OKAY. FIVE, -- 5:05 --

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DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. >> YES, FOR THIS ITEM WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CBD HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> OKAY. >> NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

MIKE ECKERT , Q TECH ROCK, 107 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, COUNSEL FOR THE GOVERNORS PARK SOUTH CDD. WE REALIZED SHORTLY AFTER THAT CREATION AT APPROXIMATELY 185 ACRES OF THAT WAS TO BE INTO REAL LAND -- INDUSTRIAL LAND, SO CONSISTENT WITH WHAT EVER DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS THE COUNTY HASN'T GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE REST OF THAT IS TO BE RESIDENTIAL, WITH THE BOND UNDERWRITER AND LANDOWNER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT 185 ACRES AND THEN THE IMPROVEMENT CENTEREDNESS THEORY TO DEVELOP THAT WOULD BE PRIVATELY FUNDED AND NOT FUNDED THROUGH THIS EDD. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE PETITION BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBABLE

OCCUPANT OF THAT PARCEL? >> AS THE CDD COUNSEL I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WOULD OCCUPY THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA. I'M SORRY. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. WE , WE HAVE NOT EVEN SOLD OUR BONDS.

OUR BOND VALIDATION HEARING IS NEXT WEEK , AND THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT 30 DAYS AFTER THAT FIRST EVEN BE ABLE TO GO TO THE

MARKET TO SELL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. ECKERT? I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2024-21, WHICH AMENDS THE GOVERNORS PARK SOUTH COMMUNITY CDD . SEEING NONE AND HEARING NONE I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS? >> YES, I MAKE A MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TWO APPROVE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-21. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ANY NAYS, LIKE SIGN. PASSES 5-0. THANK

[28.  Final Public Hearing to Consider ZON 24-0020, LDC Text Change for Rural Event Venues. (M. Brown)]

>> CHAIRMAN AND BOARD. STAFF WOULD REQUEST , THIS IS STAFF INITIATED CHANGE. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME WORDING , THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO OCTOBER , THE OCTOBER 8 MEETING

, IF THAT IS APPROPRIATE. >> SO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE

THIS? >> CONTINUE IT, YES.

>> A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO OCTOBER.

>> PUBLIC HEARING , ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK TO ZONING 24-0020 LDC TEXT CHANGE FOR RELEVANT VENUES. HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE , I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING .

>> I VOTE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM ON THE MEETING OCTOBER 8.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A

[29.  Public Hearing on the Approval of Grant Applications and Resolution with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Education and Promotion Facility Grant Program (M. Covey)]

PROGRAM. >> YES. GOOD EVENING. MEGAN COVEY WITH THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT. TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR FAIRGROUND PROJECTS THAT WERE BRIEFED ON THE JULY 9 MEETING.

THESE INCLUDE THE CATTLEMEN'S KITCHEN EVENT CENTER, PHASE TWO OF THE LIVESTOCK PAVILION , AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXHIBIT HALL ONE, 28, AND THREE AS PART OF THE GRANT PROGRAM. THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT TO GET ANY PUBLIC FEEDBACK , AND THEY ALSO REQUEST AND ACCOMPANIED RESOLUTION TO CERTIFY THAT IMPROVEMENT IS RELATED TO THESE PROJECTS WILL SURVEY PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHICH WE KNOW THEY WILL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WITH THE PROGRAMMING THAT TAKES PLACE OUT THERE. ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING .

>> PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS

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>> I HAVE A QUESTION. DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXHIBIT HALLS INCLUDE AIR CONDITIONING? BECAUSE THAT IS THE REAL PUBLIC

BENEFIT. >> IT DOES. YES. HVAC

IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCLUDED. >> IF I COULD , OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE NEEDED OUT THERE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS . I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE A MATCH PROVISION WITH THESE GRANTS ?

>> THERE IS NOT. >> PERFECT.

>> RIGHT ANSWER. >> ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR

STAFF? TAKE A MOTION. >> MOVE APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NAYS, LIKE SIGN . PASSES 5-0. AND WE ARE BACK TO

[22.  FCC Audit Update (H. Boucher)]

>> HELLO. HEATHER BOUCHER, AUDITOR. I HAVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE FCC TRANSITION PLAN AUDIT . SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE AND WE HAVE ALL SEEN . STILL IN FIELDWORK . WE HAVE , I HAVE COMPLETED ABOUT HALF OF , ON THE TESTING FOR OUR REQUIREMENTS , AND SO FAR WE HAVE THREE ISSUES NOTED . SO, AS MENTIONED, HALF OF OUR FIELDWORK IS DONE . I HAVE COMPLETED THE TESTING FOR 12 OF THE 25 REQUIREMENTS . SO I HAVE SOME LISTED HERE . THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE PASSED TESTING. SO THE FIRST ONE, FCC HAS ESTABLISHED AN OFFICE IN CLAY COUNTY . IT IS HERE IN GREEN COVE RIGHT ON THE STREET OFF OF 17. THE COUNTY MANAGER, MYSELF, CHARLIE LATHAM , THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM , WE HAVE ALL TOURED THE FACILITY LAST WEEK , MAYBE A FEW WEEKS AGO . THE SECOND ITEM HERE , THE FCC HAS DEMONSTRATED THE THIRD I AND TRACK E SYSTEM. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD A TRAINING HELD BY FCC AT ROSEMARY , THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM WAS THERE. I WAS THERE. WE HAD I.T.

STAFF THERE AND ALSO OUR COMMUNICATIONS REPRESENTATIVE THERE . THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL UP THE 3RD EYE SYSTEM AND THE TRACEZ SYSTEM . THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW US HOW IT WORKS, SHOW US WHAT IT ALL CAN DO , HOW WE ALL CAN USE IT HERE AT CLAY COUNTY , AND THEN THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING, AND THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY STARTED IT, INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING FOR THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STAFF THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING IT EVERY DAY. SO , AS YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER, THE 3RD EYE SYSTEM IS THE CAMERA SYSTEM ON THE, ON ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT ON THE TRUCKS WHEN THEY DUMP THE GARBAGE, AND THEN THE TRACEZ SYSTEM IS THE INTERNAL SYSTEM THAT THEY USE FOR COMPLAINTS, SO IF CITIZENS CALL IN , THEY CAN ENTER THE COMPLAINT OR THE REQUEST INTO THAT SYSTEM . BOTH CLAY COUNTY AND FCC CAN SEE IT . IT WILL SHOW COMMENTS IN THERE. YOU CAN ADD PICTURES. IT WILL SHOW, YOU KNOW , WHEN THE ITEM HAS BEEN CLOSED. IT KEEPS A RECORD OF IT FOREVER MORE , SO WE CAN RUN REPORTS ON ANY REQUEST , ANY COMPLAINT , STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THE LAST ONE I HAVE HERE RELATES TO OUR OVERFLOW STICKERS , SO WE STARTED SELLING THOSE YESTERDAY AT THE FIVE CLAY COUNTY LIBRARIES . WE ACTUALLY SOLD SOME . I WAS SLIGHTLY SURPRISED. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE SELLING THOSE AT ROSEMARY HILL . THEN THE FCC CAN UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE WILL BE SELLING THOSE. SO, GETTING TO OUR FINDINGS , AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THREE FINDINGS TO DATE. THE FIRST FINDING , OUR REQUIREMENT IN THE TRANSITION PLAN NOTES THAT BY SEPTEMBER 2ND OR APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS BEFORE COMMENCEMENT DATE , THE FCC SHALL PROVIDE THE COUNTY DIRECTOR WITH A WRITTEN SAFETY PLAN PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACT. SO , THE SAFETY PLAN WAS

[01:20:04]

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE FCC RESPONSE TO THAT FINDING . SO FCC NOTED TO US THAT THE REASON WHY THAT SAFETY PLAN WAS DELAYED WAS DUE TO ACCESS TO THE , TO THEIR FACILITY HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. SO , LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE THE FACILITY HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. THEY CLOSED ON A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED TO GET THAT SAFETY PLAN TO US BY SEPTEMBER 2 , SO BECAUSE THEY WERE DELAYED IN GETTING ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY, THEY WERE DELAYED IN OBTAINING THAT SAFETY PLAN. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FINDING BEFORE I MOVE ON? OKAY . OUR SECOND FINDING WE HAVE IN THE TRANSITION PLAN WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT BY MARCH 1 , OR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS FROM COMMENCEMENT DATE , FCC WILL PROVIDE THE COUNTY WITH DOCUMENTATION THAT ALL NECESSARY COLLECTION VEHICLES AND CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN ORDERED . DURING MY TESTING, I HAD INSPECTED ALL OF THE ORDERS FOR OUR EQUIPMENT FOR ALL 48 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND NOTED THAT 31 OF THE 48 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE ORDERED AFTER THE 20 . AS OF MY TESTING , 11 OF THOSE 31 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN DELIVERED HERE TO CLAY COUNTY . SIMILAR TO OUR FIRST FIGHTING, BECAUSE ALL THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT DATE, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL ACTION REQUESTED FROM FCC. THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE FCC RESPONSE FOR THAT FINDING. THEY DO AGREE THAT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS DELAYED IN GETTING ORDERED .

SPEAKING WITH THEM , THEY CHOSE A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER THAN WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO GO WITH IT DUE TO LABOR STRIKES SO, IN ORDER TO HOPEFULLY GET THE EQUIPMENT HERE ON TIME, THEY SWITCHED SOME OF THEIR ORDERS.

ADDITIONALLY , SOME OF THEIR REAR LOADER TRUCKS WERE ALSO SWITCHED MANUFACTURERS , SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE DELAYS ORDERING. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OUR THIRD FINDING IS RELATED TO THIS ONE . SO WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN THE TRANSITION PLAN THAT SAYS VEHICLES WILL BE REGISTERED , LICENSED, TAGS, EQUIPPED AND TANKED TO PERFORM BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1620 24 EQUIPPED AND TANKED TO PERFORM BEFORE SEPTEMBER 16 2024. AS OF THAT DATE THIS YEAR, DURING OUR TESTING , 23 OF THE 48 VEHICLES PURCHASED TO SERVICE CLAY COUNTY HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO THE FCC FACILITY. WE DID REQUEST FROM FCC, ALONG WITH THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS FINDING , TO PROVIDE US WITH A WRITTEN PLAN TO ENSURE THE DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLES AND A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR REPLACEMENT OF THOSE REMAINING VEHICLES. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE FACILITY TODAY AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT , A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT , SO AS OF TODAY, 26 OF THE 48 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN -- HAS ARRIVED. ALSO , IN DISCUSSION WITH FCC , FIVE OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR SUPPORT , SO NOT FOR THE ACTUAL COLLECTION OF THE GARBAGE , WILL BE DELAYED

[01:25:01]

, PENDING ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEATHER? I, I HAVE ONE . I WAS THINKING TRACEZ WAS NAVIGATION SOFTWARE . WHAT NAVIGATION SOFTWARE DO THEY USE?

>> THAT IS THE 3RD EYE . >> THAT IS NAVIGATION SOFTWARE? IT IS? AND DOCUMENTATION , NAVIGATION DOCUMENTATION?

>> TODAY WHEN I WAS AT THE FACILITY, THEY ALSO PUT UP THE TRACEZ AND WERE ABLE TO SHOW ME SOME OF THE ROUTES THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN RUNNING IN THE COUNTY TO , THEIR PRACTICE RUNS, THEIR DRY RUNS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE PAST

COUPLE OF DAYS. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS

FOR HEATHER ? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[23.  FCC Transition Plan Update (M. Dahlstrom/M. Towns)]

>> MILTON OR MITCH ? TALKING ABOUT TRANSITION PLAN .

>> GOOD EVENING , HONORABLE CHAIR , COMMISSIONERS , CHARLES MERKLEY, VICE PRESIDENT, FCC , AND ALSO MITCH DAHLSTROM .

>> I APPRECIATE IT. I TAKE IT THIS IS THE CLICKER HERE FOR CLAY COUNTY UPDATE. WE HAVE JUST A FEW SLIDES OTHER THAN KIND OF TO BUILD ON WHAT HEATHER DID ON UPDATES ON PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO , COMMUNICATIONS. DOUG UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT. HE HAS BEEN WORKING QUITE CLOSELY WITH COUNTY STAFF. THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE MAILER THAT IS BEING MAILED OUT TO EVERYONE. AS HEATHER TOUCHED ON , THE CLAY COUNTY OVERFLOW STICKER, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE . THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT HAGAN ACE HARDWARE AND CLAY COUNTY LIBRARIES AS HEATHER TOUCHED ON . IT WILL ALSO BE SOLD AT OUR SITE FACILITY, SO THAT IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL SLIDE. IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE AND TRUCKS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PEOPLE. CLAY COUNTY STAFFING, THOSE ARE MY POSITION .

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE HIRED JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.

THEY ACTUALLY OVER HIRED SOME DRIVERS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO OVER HIRE DRIVERS AS WE GET THROUGH THE TRANSITION. THERE HAS BEEN AN UPDATE SINCE WE SENT THIS OUT ON FRIDAY . A DISPATCHER, THERE IS JUST ONE AVAILABLE POSITION LEFT.

TECHNICIAN BUT WE STILL HAVE TWO, AND XENON CARD CDL , WE STILL HAVE TWO POSITIONS LEFT. NON-CART CDL, WE CAN USE NOT ONLY OUR HELPERS, BUT WE CAN USE THE ADDED DRIVERS IF NEEDED AS FAR AS CART DELIVERY PERSONNEL. WE FEEL QUITE COMFORTABLE WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PERSONNEL FOR THE START ON , HEATHER DELIVERED THE OVERVIEW OF IT. THESE ARE A LOT OF THE SPECIFICS WITH IT. THERE IS THE TOTAL NOW, AND SHE

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HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> SO, MY , THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS , I AM LOOKING AT THE SERVICE MAP THAT HAS JUST BEEN DISTRIBUTED , AND ALL 5 DAYS OF YOUR PICKUP ARE NOW , LIKE, MY DISTRICT HAS ALL 5 DAYS OF PICKUP. SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHY, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY , AND LIKE , FOR INSTANCE, FOR JUST THE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS AREA , THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PICKUP DAYS . THAT'S VERY, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY CONFUSING. SO I ANTICIPATE LOTS OF ISSUES. MIDDLEBURG HAS TWO. AND THEN SOME OF MY MORE RURAL AREAS HAVE THE OTHER. I MEAN , CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY , WHY MY DISTRICT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS PICKUP ON EVERY DAY OF THE

WEEK? >> I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, COMMISSIONER CONDON. I DON'T WRITE THE ROUTES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN THE RURAL AREA WHERE SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE SMALL REAR LOADER TRUCKS, THEIR CAPACITY IS A LOT LESS THAN A FULL REAR LOADER. IN ORDER TO ACCESS THOSE AREAS WE NEED TO HAVE MORE TRUCKS OUT THERE , SO THAT IS WHY THEY WERE PROBABLY SPLIT UP ON THOSE DAYS. I'M TELLING YOU WHAT I THINK VERSUS

WHAT I KNOW. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. I SHARE , SHARE A PICKUP DAY WITH ENCE, PROBABLY COMMISSIONER CELLA. IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT TRUCK PICKING UP AT MY HOUSE VERSUS HIS HOUSE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. WHAT I AM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT , THAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME AND I HAD KIND OF WONDERED IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE MAY

HAVE SOME -- >> CONFUSION OR SOMETHING WITH

THAT? >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MISS IT FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF, LIKE, I MEAN , I COULD IMAGINE THAT YOUR 3RD EYE COULD SEE THIS PERSON'S TRASH WAS NOT OUT BUT THIS PERSON GOT IT RIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, BECAUSE THAT , WITH THREE PICKUP DAYS WHEN THEY ARE USED TO ONE AND ONLY A VERY SMALL PORTION IS DANG WITH THAT CURRENT DAY, WHICH IS NORMALLY TUESDAY , SO THE, THE OTHERS ARE CHANGING, SO.

>> UNDERSTOOD AND DULY NOTED. I THINK ANY TIME THERE ARE CHANGES LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, A FEW WEEKS TO EDUCATE ON YOUR PICKUP DAY AND WHEN THAT IS AND WHEN IT'S

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NEEDED. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MITCH?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION HERE . YOUR SERVICE VEHICLE, WHAT KIND OF SERVICE DO YOU DO ON THE ROAD?

>> THAT SERVICE VEHICLE IS FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE. IF WE WOULD HAVE A TRUCK BREAKDOWN WE CAN SEND A SERVICE TRUCK OUT THERE TO POTENTIALLY REPAIR WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN IS.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO DO SERVICE AT YOUR --

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> FUELING THERE AS WELL?

>> YES. THE PROPERTY WE ENDED UP PURCHASING HIS FUEL TANKS THERE AND WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TANKS THAT

ARE ON-SITE. >> AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 7 DAYS, I GUESS, UNTIL OCTOBER 1 . WHAT, WHAT IF THE ACL TRUCKS DON'T ARRIVE? THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

>> RIGHT. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. THEY ARE IN TRANSIT AS WE SPEAK. THEY AREN'T BEING BUILT. THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND ARE ON THEIR WAY. IF THEY AREN'T, THAT IS PART OF THE CONTINGENCY. THAT IS WHY WE ALREADY HAVE TWO SPARE ASL'S AND WE HAVE THREE MORE RENTAL CONING, AND THAT IS FIVE TO COVER JUST IN CASE AS FAR AS CONTINGENTLY WITH IT, THEN WE HAVE FIVE MORE REAR LOADER VEHICLES COMING. FOR RENTALS.

THEY WILL BE HERE THIS WEEKEND.

>> THE OTHER THING, OR RATHER, MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE TAX WERE PURCHASED ALREADY IN OUR LIBRARIES. WHAT, WHAT IS THE NORMAL MODE OF OPERATION FROM A NORMAL RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER ? THEY KEEP THOSE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE THEY HAVE MORE?

>> SURE. SURE. THEY PURCHAS THEM JUST IN CASE THEY WOULD ENTERTAIN PEOPLE, GRADUATION PARTY , WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GENERATE EXCESS ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR CART , AND THEN THAT BAG IS THERE AND WE PICK THOSE UP AND GO FROM THERE , BUT THAT IS THE REASON I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS IN MOST CASES THEY WOULD DO IT. IT IS PROBABLY CHEAPER THAN CARRYING THAT SECOND CART. NOT EVERYBODY WANTS THAT. THIS IS JUST AN AVAILABLE WAY TO SERVICE THOSE

PEOPLE. >> ANY OTHER --

>> AND HOW BIG CAN THE BAG BE AGAIN?

>> 40. 40 POUNDS. >> 40 POUNDS.

>> 40 POUNDS. SO THE WEIGHT, NOT -- OKAY. SORRY TO BRING THIS UP AGAIN, BUT I GET ASKED IT, AND WE, WE GET BOMBARDED WITH IT. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO, HOW IS IT GOING TO BE IN HERE THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY IF YOU CAN

ALLUDE TO THAT, PLEASE? >> I THINK THE THING HERE, THESE ARE NORMAL EVERYDAY TRACKS. I THINK THEY HAD ORDERED A SPECIFIC TRUCK THAT WAS GOING TO BE DELAYED. THAT IS ONE ITEM. I THINK THE , THE OTHER ITEM IS , AS I KNOW CHARLES ALLUDED TO LAST TIME WE WERE HERE , IT WAS REALLY THE PROCESS WITH TECHNOLOGY. 3RD EYE WASN'T FULLY ACTIVATED WHEN ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WERE ON-SITE , AND BECAUSE NOW THE MANUFACTURER PUTS 3RD EYE IN THERE INSTEAD OF AT THE SITE, WHEN THEY COME THEY SHOULD BE, LISTEN, I WILL MAKE IT EASY, YOU FLIP THE SWITCH AND TURN IT ON , BUT IT WASN'T DONE PROPERLY. SO NOW WE HAVE 3RD EYE AT THE SITE MAKING SURE, LIKE , WHEN HEATHER WAS THERE TODAY, THAT SHE CAN SEE ALL THE TRUCKS THAT ARE ON-SITE ACTIVATED. THAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM, WAS BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE IT , USING 3RD EYE, ALL THE ROUTES BEING COMPLETE EACH AND EVERY DAY.

>> WAS AT THE FIRST TIME YOU WILL HAVE DONE THAT?

>> THAT IS TRUE. GUESS. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> SO, WE GOT A PICKUP DAYS, THE COLLECTION DAYS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME FOR BOTH WASTE

AND YARD WASTE, RIGHT? >> YES.

>> ARE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TRUCKS AND PICK THAT UP?

>> THAT IS CORRECT , YES. >> WHICH BE THE TRUCKS THAT

WOULD PICK UP THE YARD WASTE? >> DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, WE WOULD USE THE ASL'S FOR YOUR GARBAGE, AND THEN WE WOULD USE THE REAR LOADER FOR YARD WASTE. IN THE VERY RURAL AREAS WHERE WE NEED THE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE POP TRUCKS, ONE WOULD PICK UP YARD WASTE AND WHEN WOULD PICK UP GARBAGE.

>> AND THEN THEY WOULD RELAY THAT TO A BIGGER TRUCK ?

>> NO, THEY WILL GO AND DISPOSE AND COME BACK IF NEEDED.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR FCC?

THANK YOU . >> THANK YOU.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT ROLL OUT.

>> WE ARE, TOO. WE ARE LOOKING VERY MUCH THERE TO A GREAT ROLL

[24.  Grant Application with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Community Change Grant Program (M. Covey)]

OUT. THANK YOU. >> ONTO OLD BUSINESS.

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>> ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED THE LAST BOARD MEETING UNDER DISCUSSION . SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE DONE SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON PROJECT COST AND ALSO MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH THE GRANT BUDGET. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN HIGH BRIDGE IS TO SUBMIT ONE $20 MILLION APPLICATION FOCUSED ON DIRT ROAD PAVING. AFTER CALCULATING COST , THE COUNTY BELIEVES WE CAN DO APPROXIMATELY 8.94 MILES OF PAVING WITH THE $19.8 MILLION BUDGET, WHICH WAS WITHIN THE APPLICATION PARAMETERS. SO, TONIGHT , PENDING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE STAFF IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE OR WITH DEVELOPING THE EPA COMMUNITY CHANGE GRANT APPLICATION AND SUBMIT THE APPLICATION BY THE

NOVEMBER 21 DEADLINE. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEGAN ? I , I HAVE ONE QUESTION . 8.9 MILES?

>> YES YOU'RE JUST UNDER 9. >> THAT IS $2 MILLION PER MILE.

HOW DO WE , I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. THESE ARE KIND

OF COUNTRY ROADS. >> I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 65% HIGHER THAN THE CDBG DENISON, BAYLOR.

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION REALLY REPRESENTS WHAT A LOT OF OUR ROADS THAT COME BEFORE US FOR AN MSP YOU WOULD PRESENT AS WELL , AND THAT IS THAT THEY ARE NOWHERE NEAR COUNTY STANDARD. SO IN ORDER, THESE ARE SUGARS AND ROADS AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE REALLY DEEP GULLIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED OVER TIME. IN FACT, WHEN IT RAINS, THEY CAN SWALLOW A CAR.

SO THE, THE , THERE IS A LOT OF UNDER DRAINAGE WORK THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE TO BUILD THE BASE OF THE ROAD . SO THEY WILL BUILD, THEY WILL DO THE UNDER DRAINAGE, THEY WILL BUILD THE BASE, THEN PUT THE CLAY BASE. THE PAVING IS REALLY VERY MINUSCULE . MOSTLY IS UNDER DRAINAGE TO BRING THEM UP

TO COUNTY STANDARD . >> AND WE HAVE ALSO BUILT IN A 20% CONTINGENCY TO GIVE US A LITTLE EXTRA ROOM IN CASE WE RUN INTO UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS. SO THAT MONEY MAY GO FURTHER .

>> I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A READER'S PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO READ THESE GRANTS AND EIGHT MILES FOR $20 MILLION. THAT TO ME , I'M GOING TO SCRATCH MY HEAD IF I AM A READER, WHICH I AM NOT GOING TO BE A READER, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE COMPETITIVE GRANTS .

I JUST, I JUST -- >> I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE A PRETTY DETAILED DONATION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE , AND THEN, IN FACT, WE CAN INCLUDE PICTURES IF WE NEED

TO AS WELL. >> BUT THESE , READERS ARE LAYMEN, THOUGH, QUITE HONESTLY. THEY AREN'T ENGINEERS. WE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOW WE ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF PICTURES AND A LOT OF EXPLANATIONS I THINK , BECAUSE IT IS JUST, LIKE I SAID, I'VE GOT TO SCRATCH MY HEAD $.2 MILLION PER

MILE, THAT IS A LOT. >> S. PART OF THE GRANT PROGRAM IS TO SERVE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND FOCUS ON AREAS WITH LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. I MEAN, I THINK THE STORY AS A WHOLE DOES MATCH THE APPLICATION

PARAMETERS. >> AND THE SECOND --

>> I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. WHEN I STARTED ON THE BOARD 7.5 YEARS AGO , THE GOING RATE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS BEING QUOTED TO US WAS $1 MILLION PER MILE TO CONVERT DIRT ROADS. THAT IS 7.5 YEARS AGO, PLUS HOWEVER MANY PERCENTAGES OF, YOU KNOW, INFLATION HAVE GONE BY PLUS COST INCREASES. THE $2 MILLION PER MILE EIGHT YEARS LATER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AS OUT OF

WHACK AS YOU MAY THINK IT IS. >> I, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS , I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE WATER AND WE DECIDED WE WEREN'T GOING TO GO FOR WATER, BUT I STILL QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW . WE DON'T HAVE A MANDATORY HOOKUP REQUIREMENT, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE SMART TO INCLUDE WATER? WOULDN'T IT INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES TO TRY TO GENERATE SOME MOVEMENT DOWN THERE INSTEAD OF THE WAY IT IS NOW?

>> WE BROUGHT THAT UP WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND I THINK THE OPINION IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE TO HAVE ACCESS TO WATER , AND THAT THE PRIMARY PRIORITY IS THE ROAD PAVING, AND COMMISSIONER CONDON I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD AGREE

WITH THAT . >> MY QUESTION IS TO DRILL A WELL I UNDERSTAND IS A VERY EXPENSE THING. SO WHEN , AND

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OF COURSE, THAT IS THE INVERSE OF WHAT , IT ADDS TO THE COST OF THIS PER MILE , SO THAT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF

MILES WE COULD PAVE. >> I THINK THAT ACTUALLY WOULD END UP CAUSINGUS TO BE ABLE TO HELP FAR FEWER PEOPLE THAN THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WOULD. THE, I THINK THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT THEIR ROAD, THEIR WELLS WERE DRILLED TO SHALLOW , AND SO THEY DO GO DRY OCCASIONALLY. RIGHT NOW THE WATER TABLE IS VERY HIGH, AND SO THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAPPENING . MORE, MORE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS , IN FACT, I MET A GENTLEMAN YESTERDAY WHO NEEDS A WELD REPAIR , AND IT , IT IS COST PROHIBITIVE , BUT THERE ARE OTHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. IN FACT, HE WAS TALK, TALKING , I WAS PRESENT FOR THE CONVERSATION . HE IS APPLYING FOR A USDA LOAN TO, FOR THE WELL REPAIR , AND THEN IN THE EVENT HE IS TURNED DOWN FOR THAT LOAN, THERE IS OTHER ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE OUT THERE AS WELL. TERESA LEFT, BUT TERESA SUMNER IS WORKING ON ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES NEXT YEAR WITH SH IP TO BE FOCUSED ON WELL AND SEPTIC REPAIRS. HUD DOES NOT ALLOW WELL REPAIRS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW FOR RCD PG, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE APPLICATION WAS WRITTEN. NEXT YEAR THE APPLICATION WHEN IT IS RENEWED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT WELL REPAIR IN IT. I THINK WE CAN DO SOME THINGS TO ADDRESS THE WATER ISSUE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS . IT IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE, BUT AT LEAST IT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD OF THE SAME PERIOD AS

THIS GRANT. >> JUST AS ANY GREAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS WITH SMALL STEPS AND I THINK THIS IS A SMALL STEP WE NEED TO TAKE, ALTHOUGH I WISH WE COULD TAKE A BIGGER STEP, BUT MAN, AT A COST OF 2 MILLION , $2 MILLION PER MILE? I MEAN. ANYWAYS , IT IS WHAT IT IS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MEGAN?

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE U.S.

[25.  FY 2024/2025 Schedule of Fees and Services (D.Sileo)]

EPA. >> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS? HEARING ON, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY NAYS, LIKE SIGN. THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE ONTO THE FY 2024/2025 SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICES . A

RESOLUTION ADOPTING NEW FEES. >> THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE REORGANIZED BACKUP DOCUMENTATION TO SEPARATE OUT WHICH ITEMS WERE REQUIRED BY STATUTE, WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY THE ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE MOBILITY AND THE IMPACT FEES , AND THEN THE GENERAL CHANGES BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO

THEIR REQUEST . >> THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM LAST MEETING TO GIVE PEOPLE , PUBLIC , THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT. QUITE HONESTLY , I DIDN'T RECEIVE

ANY . >> WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL , AT LEAST TO THE COMMISSIONERS PORTAL , OF A COUPLE OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WERE REQUESTING THAT WE ALSO , THEY WERE ECHOING MR. NICHOLAS'S DELAY . I CAME ACROSS BOTH OF THOSE , AND I, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE SAME PERSON FROM A BUSINESS EMAIL AND ANOTHER FROM A PERSONAL, DON'T QUOTE ME FROM THAT, BUT I DID SEE THOSE EMAILS COME THROUGH, THAT REQUEST AT MINIMUM FROM A PRIVATE CITIZEN ASKING US TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION . I BELIEVE IT CAME , CAME TO ALL

OF US. >> OKAY .

>> MR. CHAIR, I GOT THOSE SAME EMAILS, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO DIFFERET PEOPLE, TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH ASKING FOR AN LIMITATION SOME SIX-MONTH DOWN THE ROAD . IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE MEETING, I THOUGHT WELL MAYBE WE WOULD COMPROMISE AND JUST DELAY UNTIL JANUARY 1, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING FEES, BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THERE COULD BE A

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BEHIND DEBBIE AT THIS POINT. >> HE'S TRYING.

>> I WILL GET YOU A NEW SHARP PENCIL. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> I MISSED THE HEADSHAKE. THEY ARE CONTEMPLATED OR THEY ARE

NOT? THEY AREN'T? OKAY . >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IF NOT I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

>> WELL I DO, I THINK, I DO. DEBBIE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE TO YOU. SO IT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE BUDGET , SO THEN WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT IF WE WERE TO WANT TO PUSH IT BACK TO JANUARY OR THE SIX MONTHS THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED?

>> SURE. WELL WE COULD, WE COULD BASICALLY PULL THE BUILDING FEES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THE ORDINANCES OR THE, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THINGS . PULL THOSE OUT, ADOPTS THE REST OF IT AND REVISIT IT IN JANUARY IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AND IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CUT THE REVENUE, BUT THE REVENUE IS ALSO BASED ON USE , SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW , IT DEPENDS ON THE USE , BASICALLY. SO , BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL THAT PART OUT OF IT, AND IF IT IS IN JANUARY OR SIX MONTHS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON HERE THAT WERE BASICALLY HOUSEKEEPING, AS COMMISSIONER CELLA SAID, THAT WERE CLEANUPS AND WHATNOT. THERE IS A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THAT . AND IF WE WERE TO JUST PULL THE CHANGES TO THE BUILDING FEES AMINO, IF WE CAN WORK THAT OUT.

>> CHAIR, MY MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE FEES WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT DEBBIE HAS CARVED OUT FOR US. SO, YOU, YOU'VE CLEANED UP, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU HAVE CLEANED UP THE FEE SCHEDULE TO REFLECT WHAT THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WERE ALREADY DOING, BUT THAT SOME OF THE , WAS AT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR THE, WHICH DEPARTMENT WAS IT?

>> SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT HAD SOME CHANGES TO ACTUAL FEES.

>> SO THOSE CHANGES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US COME BACK TO REVISIT IN JANUARY. OR IMPLEMENT IN JANUARY, RATHER.

>> OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION TO ADOPT THE FEES EXCEPT FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES AND THE RECREATION FEES? IS THAT

WHAT THE MOTION IS? >> ONLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CHANGES. SO, BECAUSE, WHEN JUSTIN WAS HERE LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, HE SAID THAT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WERE ONLY BEING CODIFIED IN WRITING. THEY WERE ACTUAL CHANGES, SO IT JUST NEEDED TO BE REFLECTED BUT I AM ASKING THE DELAY TO BE FOR IS THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. ARE WE CLEAR? AM I , ARE YOU HEARING

WHAT I'M SAYING? >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM JUSTIN TO AS FAR AS HOW IT RELATES TO THE GUN RANGE AND THE LANES AND ALL OF THAT PERHAPS? OKAY.

>> THAT EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. JUSTIN PIERCE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC'S. OURS -- OUR SKI FEE CHANGES WERE TWOFOLD.

SOMEWHERE OUR OPERATIONAL HOURS, OR 8:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. DEPENDING ON THE FACILITIES, BUT THE GUN RANGE FOR INSTANCE IS A FACILITY THAT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE ADDING IN REGARDS TO THE MEMBERSHIP FEES, ADDING AN ARCHERY RANGE FEE AS WE LOOK TO BUILD THAT IN

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>> IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD BE A CLEANER ADJUSTMENT FOR US TO ALLOW THE PARKS AND REC'S FEE SCHEDULES MAIN INTACT, BUT TO DEEPLY MODIFY THE BUILDING FEE SCHEDULE TO BE PLUMMETED LATER. -- IMPLEMENTED LATER. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD BE CHOPPING UP QUITE A BIT IF WE WERE ABLE TO FOLD IN PERSON

RECKONED NOT CHANGE. >> THE PARKS AND REC CHANGES ADMINISTRATIVE AND ALSO ACCOMMODATING RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, DESIRES AND WISHES A LITTLE BIT BETTER THEN IT CURRENTLY STANDS IS MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT WE ARE

DOING HERE. >> AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD GIVE MORE OF THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO RENT THE SAME FACILITY IF I'M NOT RENTING IT OUT THE ENTIRE DAY , JUST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE CAN COME IN LATER THAT DAY AND RENT THE SAME FACILITY. IT GIVES THE PUBLIC MORE OPTIONS.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YU , JUSTIN. STEVE

STOOD UP. >> GOOD EVENING. THE BUILDING FEES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN A REALISTIC STANDPOINT, YOU'VE GOT A 2000 SQUARE FOOT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING , THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERMIT FEE IS $100. IT GOES FROM $300-$400.

SO, SURE, YOU CAN DELAY IT, BUT I THINK IN A $400,000 HOUSE, IT MAY BE THAT $100 IN THE PERMIT FEE ISN'T REALLY A CATASTROPHIC DEALBREAKER. WE AREN'T GOING UP THAT MUCH.

THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS HIM ABOUT OUR FEES ARE REALLY NOT THAT , REALLY NOT THAT HIGH , AND TO TRY TO MAINTAIN SOME LEVEL OF STAFFING , AND TO KEEP UP WITH THE INFLUX OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING , WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.

>> STEVE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THE, THE ONE THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS PARTICULARLY CUMBERSOME , SOMETHING ABOUT THE REVIEW .

WAS IT UNDER THE REVIEW FEES THAT THE , THE BUILDERS OR DEVELOPERS OR WHOEVER THIS IS OUR USING YOUR STAFF INSTEAD OF USING , GOING TO PAY AN OUTSIDE ENGINEERING?

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS PART OF THE RE-REVIEW AND RESUBMITTAL , AND PART OF THAT ADDITIONAL FEE. THAT IS ACTUALLY ACQUIRED BY STATUTE NOW , AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THAT . BUT, THAT, THAT IS A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WHEN WE GET A SUBMITTAL , THEY CONTINUE TO TURN IT IN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND NOT MAKE THE CORRECTIONS, AND IT JUST BOGS DOWN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. PLUS, WITH THE NEW STATUTES IN PLACE,

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>> STEVE , TYPICAL HOME . BEFORE FEE INCREASE, AFTER FEE INCREASE. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL , YOU HAVE PLUMBING

COMING STRUCTURES YOU KNOW. >> OKAY. FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE YOU ARE GOING FROM $15 PER 100 SQUARE FEET TO $20.

SO AGAIN ON A 2000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, YOU GO FROM $300-$400. THE PLUMBING FEE IS GOING AT A MINIMUM FROM $35

$35-$50. >> I'M UP TO 115 NOW.

>> OKAY. WE TYPICALLY , WE HAVE GONE TO THAT MINIMUM FEE, SO PLUMBING ON A TWO BATHROOM HOUSE OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WOULD BE ABOUT $100, $100-$150. GOING FROM $75-$100 .

ELECTRICAL IS BY THE FIXTURE , SO THAT WHEN IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOUGHER TO DO, BUT AGAIN , OUR MINIMUM FEE IS $35, AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO GO TO $50. SO IT IS A $15 INCREASE.

WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THE FEES ARE BIG , WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU WRITE A CHECK FOR $18,000 TO GET OUT WITH YOUR BUILDING PERMIT , BUT OUR PIECE OF THAT IS PRETTY SMALL . THE IMPACT FEES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES, AND THAT IS WHY IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS A BIG NUMBER, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS COMING INTO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

>> STEVE, HOW WOULD THESE BE IMPLEMENTED? IF SO, I MEAN, I KNOW, AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU, LIKE , IF YOU ARE DOING A MODIFICATION, YOU HAVE TO DO THE PERMIT AND THEN YOU DO THE WORK. BUT, LIKE, FOR THE HOME THAT THE CHAIRMAN WAS REFERRING TO, IS , WOULD THESE FEES BE , THE ONES WHO , THE ONES THAT I , THAT I AM ASKING ABOUT ARE THE ONES THAT MR. NICHOLAS MENTIONED ALREADY , THOSE PROJECTS ARE RECALCULATED, THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. THE ONES THAT ALREADY , I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE IN THE PERMIT PROCESS, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT COME YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME THE CONCERN IS AT THOSE, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY THAT HAVE BEEN CONTENT RATED, AND IN MOST OF THE CASES MAY BE UNDER CONTRACT ALREADY AND LOANS ARE ALREADY KIND OF COME YOU KNOW, INC. FOR , SO I UNDERSTAND VAN. HOW DOES

THIS APPLY IN THAT WORLD? >> ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE ANY KIND OF A FEE CHANGE, CODE CHANGE, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, WE DO IT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION, OR ON THE SUBMITTAL DATE , OKAY? SO ANYTHING SUBMITTED AFTER OCTOBER 1 WOULD BE UNDER THIS FEE. SO IF IT IS ALREADY IN PLAY , THEY GET THE PERMIT IN BY THE END OF THE MONTH, NONE OF THESE FEES APPLY. NONE OF THAT. IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING IF YOU DO SOME SORT OF A DELAY. IT WOULD STILL BE THE SUBMITTAL DATE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE BLAMING ME BECAUSE YOUR FEE WENT UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THE -- SO IT IS WHATEVER DAY THE PAPERWORK GETS TURNED IN , THAT

IS WHAT APPLIES. >> AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? LIKE, SO, LIKE , I HAVE NEVER BUILT A HOUSE FROM THE GROUND UP. SO, AT WHAT POINT ARE THE PERMITS SUBMITTED FOR THEM?

>> WHEN YOU TURN IN YOUR PLANS AND YOU BRING YOUR PAPERWORK IN

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>> OKAY. >> SO WHEN YOU BRING THE FULL PACKAGE IN, HERE IS ALL THE STUFF I NEED TO GET MY PERMIT,

THAT IS THAT DROP DATE THERE. >> OKAY. SO, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, SO IF I AM UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING CONTEMPLATED AT THIS POINT WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THE NEXT 6 DAYS IN ORDER TO BE UNDER THE PREVIOUS FEE SCHEDULE? SO EVERYTHING BEYOND THE FIRST WOULD BE APPLYING THESE CHANGES .

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR IMPACT FEES AND

EVERYTHING ELSE . >> CORRECT. SO WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THAT THESE ARE INCREMENTAL INCREASES , ALMOST POSITIONED AS IF THEY ARE INCONSEQUENTIAL, APART FROM COMMISSIONER CONDON'S POSITION THAT IF WE ARE EXPENDING COUNTY RESOURCES, PERSONNEL PRIMARILY , ON ISSUES THAT REALLY SHOULD BE HANDLED BY A CONTRACTOR, THEN THAT IS MORE IMPACTFUL TO US, BUT IF IT IS , IF THESE WERE CHANGES THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING BEFORE, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN , EVEN THOUGH STATUTORY , I'M TRYING TO APPRECIATE THE HARM IN WAITING UNTIL JANUARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS , IN LIGHT OF THE REQUEST FROM A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE

ASKED FOR THIS. >> TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT TO US TO DO THAT . THAT, THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T ABSORB. I MEAN, IT'S NOT , BECAUSE WE AREN'T GOING TO BE DOING THE STAFFING INCREASES IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME EITHER. IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, IT IS NOT, WE CAN WORK WITH ALL OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN ALL OUR FEES.

>> SPECIFIC TO BUILDING. GOT IT.

>> ONE MY QUESTION. STEVE YOU TALKED ABOUT WE ARE AT $35. WE

ARE GOING TO $50. >> ON OUR MINIMUM FEES FOR OUR

TRADE PERMITS. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRIVATE PROVIDERS CHARGE? I KNOW I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL BUILDERS DOWN IN THE KEYSTONE AREA, ESPECIALLY , THAT HAVE BANDED TOGETHER AND THEY ARE ALL USING THE PRIVATE PROVIDERS. YOU KNOW

WHAT THEY CHARGE? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. I REALLY DON'T. WE HAVE TO, WE PROVIDE A 25% DISCOUNT ON THE PERMIT FEE FOR THOSE THAT DO USE THE PRIVATE PROVIDER.

>> OKAY. >> THAT'S A STATUTORY

REQUIREMENT. >> THEY PAY A FEE TO THAT THAT

WE ARE NOT A PART OF IT ALL. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO

DO WITH THAT. >> AND THAT IS THEIR CHOICE.

THEY HAVE THE CHOICE OF USING CLAY COUNTY .

>> THE CONTRACTOR OR THE OWNER CAN SELECT A PRIVATE PROVIDER,

YES. >> UK -- OKAY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, STEVE. I THINK WE HAD KIND OF EMOTION. YOU WANT TO CLARIFY , OR DO YOU WANT TO

-- >> SO, I WOULD WITHDRAW MY PREVIOUS MOTION JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLEARING THAT UP. SO MY CURRENT MOTION IS TO IMPLEMENT THE FEE SCHEDULE AS IS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT , AND TO DELAY IT TO JANUARY , I THINK IS WHAT THE REQUEST WAS,

TO JANUARY. >> 1 JANUARY.

>> AND WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STATUTORY

ONES? >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> SO I HAVE A MOTION TO IMPLEMENT THE FEE SCHEDULE IS WRITTEN EXCEPT FOR THE BUILDING CODE, BUILDING DEPARTMENTS FEE INCREASES , SANDS STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? BE MET BEFORE A MAKE A MOTION, I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE MOTION MAKER. ARE WE , AS PART OF YOUR MOTION, ARE YOU SAYING WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE , THE INCREASE IN FEES FOR JANUARY 1? OR JUST COME BACK AND JUST DISCUSS IT

ON JANUARY 1 OR AFTERWARDS? >> MY MOTION IS TO IMPLEMENT IT

JANUARY 1. >> THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A HARD DATE SO THEY KNOW WHEN THOSE FEES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT , OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE IN THAT SAME SITUATION THAT THEY WOULD NOT KNOW THEY ARE COMING UNTIL WE PASSED IT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL BE GLAD TO MAKE A

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SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AS I SAID TO IMPLEMENT THE FEE SCHEDULE IS WRITTEN , SANDS THE BUILDING CODE, SANDS THE STATUTORY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

>> A LOT OF SANDS. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY NAYS, LIKE SIGN. THANK YOU . WE'RE ON TO LETTERS FOR

[30.  Discussion of Appointments to the Clay County Utility Authority (CCUA) Board]

WE HAVE ONE THAT IS EVERY APPOINTMENT , MR. MCNEES , AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS ON SEATS SIX AND SEVEN. AND WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS. IS ANYBODY GOING TO PRESENT THIS? NO ? OKAY. THE FOR APPLICANTS ARE MR. BARRY ALLRED. MR. MICHAEL COURRE , MR. DAVID MCCALL , AND MR. RIAN ROSS. THE APPLICATIONS ARE IN YOUR PACKET, BUT MR. ALLRED, I THINK IF I CAN RECAP, MR. ALLRED IS A RETIRED ENGINEER . HE HAS A HISTORY. I KNOW THE NAME, I JUST CAN'T PLACE A NAME, BUT HE HAS A HISTORY IN CLAY COUNTY. MICHAEL COURRE IS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. HE IS CURRENTLY ON THERE NOW.

MR. DAVID MCCALL, RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, ALSO WORKED FOR SHERIFF COOK FOR A WHILE AND I THINK HE HAS TOTALLY RETIRED.

HE IS IN THE AUDIENCE BACK THERE SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. AND RIAN ROSS , I FORGET HIS RECAP. ANYBODY KNOW

RIAN ROSS? NO? OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MENTION THAT MR. MCCALL WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD AT SOME , AT SOME POINT, BUT WE DISSOLVED THAT PARTICULAR BOARD. WE ACTUALLY MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT BRINGING THAT BACK. BUT, BUT , I DON'T KNOW, WELL, I KNOW RIAN ROSS, BUT I DON'T THINK HE WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, BUT , AND I DON'T KNOW BARRY ALLRED OTHER THAN THE APPLICATION, BUT I DO KNOW MICHAEL BOURRE DID I KNOW DAVID MCCALL. OF COURSE, MICHAEL HAS A VERY LENGTHY RESUME IN TERMS OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT , AND I THINK THAT IS SOMEBODY THAT WE CERTAINLY COULD UTILIZE. AND THEN I WENT , I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I WOULD MAKE THE NOMINATION OF ESTHER MCCALL, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE FIREFIGHTER BACKGROUND AND WORKING WITH CCS SO , BUT IT PUTS HIM ON THE STREET, AND HE ACTUALLY , OVER THE YEARS , HAS MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO ME BASED ON WHAT HE SAW OUT THERE TO SEE IF WE COULDN'T GET IT INITIATED HERE. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY ELSE WILL ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN THOUGHTS, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BOARD, AND WOULD , WOULD WORK IT PRETTY HARD.

>> IS THAT A MOTION? >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

>> I WOULD SECOND HIS MOTION. >> CLARIFY YOUR MOTION. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION.

>> THE NOTION IS TO NOMINATE MR. BOURRE AND MCCALL.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE REAPPOINTMENT.

>> I WAS GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE SEPARATELY.

>> SO LET'S DO THAT ONE FIRST. A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MR. MCNEES. IS THERE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM MR. JOHNSON?

>> I WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO NOMINATE MCNEES FOR REAPPOINTMENT. WE CERTAINLY COULD USE HIS EXPERIENCE IN ,

AND CONTINUITY ON THE BOARD. >> I AM HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE HE WILL , I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT HIM AND I AM HOPEFUL MAYBE HE COULD HELP US OUT WITH OUR LITTLE ARMY CORPS INFLUENCE, SINCE THAT IS'S EMPLOYER . BUT OBVIOUSLY , NO

PRESSURE THERE. >> JUST A SUGGESTION .

>> YEAH. >> WAS THAT A SECOND?

>> I WILL SICKEN IT. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECOMMEND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. MCNEES TO THE CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY SUPERVISOR BOARD. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, SAY AYE. ANY NAYS, LIKE SIGN PICK THAT

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THE SAME BOARD. >> MR. CHAIR, WE MAKE THE MOTION THAT I MADE PREVIOUS TO NOMINATE MR. BOURRE AND MR.

MCCALL. >> SAME, SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, ANY PROBLEMS WITH BOURRE BEING ON BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE CLAY COUNTY UTILITY BOARD?

>> NO, BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY

BOARD. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS CONCERNS FURTHER? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NAYS LIKE SIGN. PASSES 5-0.

CONGRATULATIONS MR. MCCALL. AND MR. BOURRE. THERE IS MIKE. I

DID NOT SEE YOU. >> THERE IS MR. JOHNSON SO THEY

[31.  Letter of Support for the Town of Orange Park’s application for the USDOT Reconnecting Communities Grant.]

CAN GET TOGETHER. >> GIVE THEM THEIR PACKAGE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. PUT THEM TO WORK. ITEM NUMBER 31, LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK'S APPLICATION FOR THE USDOT RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT. THIS WAS A GRANT THEY APPLIED FOR LAST YEAR AND DID NOT RECEIVE. IT IS A REAPPLICATION , WHEN WE HAVE APPROVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

SO. >> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND SEND THAT

LETTER. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SUPPORT THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK IN THEIR RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT. IT IS BASICALLY RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES BY TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, 17, SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT LANE HIGHWAY THAT SEPARATES THESE FROM WEST ORANGE PARK. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NAYS LIKE SIGN. PASSES 5-0. BID OPENING , WE HAVE THE TREATMENT OF I THINK IT IS POND TREATMENT

[33.  Tourist Development Council Meeting Minutes July 17, 2024]

>> WHAT WAS THAT? >> THE TURNED -- TOURISTED

DEVELOPMENT MEETING MINUTES? >> THEY ARE ALWAYS IN , THEY

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> OKAY. WE ARE ON TO THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE , HEARING NONE -- YES, SIR.

>> JUST SITTING HERE, I THOUGHT, IN REGARDS TO THE FCC'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTS , THE --

>> CAN YOU BRING THE MICROPHONE DOWN. WE ARE NOT RECORDING.

>> THE 3RD EYE THAT WAS DISCUSSED, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT SAID IT WAS A TRACKING DEVICE VERSUS A RECORDING DEVICE , SUCH AS TAKING PICTURES OR CAMERA OR VIDEO, BUT I, I AM ASSUMING THAT IT IS BOTH, AND IF IT IS BOTH, I JUST WONDERED , DOES THE COUNTY HAVE A POLICY FOR PRIVACY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BEING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, AROUND OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES, AND THE PRIVACY CONCERN THERE.

THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT THAT I JUST WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE IF THAT WASN'T IN THE CONTRACTOR WASN'T

DISCUSSED, MAYBE IT SHOULD. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT QUESTION HAS COME UP BEFORE AND MR. TOWNS WILL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU HERE IN 10 MINUTES AFTER WE ADJOURN FROM THE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. ANY OTHER PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMISSION , OR PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD , AND MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSION AUDITOR . I SEE HER SHAKING HER HEAD NO. TIM , DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE, OR YOU , WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT WITH OUR COUNTY MANAGER? WE

[COUNTY ATTORNEY]

>> JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO HELP THE FLEMING ISLAND DISTRICT FOR THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE THE APPLICATIONS OPEN BUT WE DO NEED APPLICANTS TO FILL THAT.

WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN RETURNING, BUT WE

[02:20:03]

[COUNTY MANAGER]

KNOW. >> THANK YOU. COUNTY MANAGER.

>> CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO TIM DEVON , THE EMERGENCY MANAGER. AS HE COMES UP, A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS. I WOULD LIKE JUST TO INDICATE THE IR SATELLITE PICTURE OF HELENA , TROPICAL STORM TEDDY, ONLY AT 45 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH NOT TO TAKE THIS STORM LATELY AS IT CROSSES BETWEEN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND THE TIP OF CUBA. THANK YOU . THERE IS EVEN, THAT WHEN THERE, THANKS, TIM, YOU READ MY MIND. WITH THAT BEING SAID , I'M GOING TO YELP MY TIME, LIKE I SAID, AND I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO WINDS IN A GREAT WAY, MOBILE HOMES, HOMES OLDER THAN THE 1980S , AND THAT NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.

TIM . >> IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO MY SECOND SLIDE, PLEASE. LIKE THE COUNTY MANAGER WAS SAYING, THE TRACK OF THIS STORM, AS WITH THE DEBBIE , THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF GOOD GUIDANCE, BECAUSE AS IT CAME OFF OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA , IT WAS VERY INFORMED AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT DIRECTION OR HOW FAST IT WAS GOING TO GO. SINCE IT HAS COME UP AND THEY HAVE BEEN A VERY NARROW PATH, SO UNLIKE ANY OTHER STORM THAT WE HAVE SEEN WHERE THEY HAVE A VERY WIDE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY , OR THEY HAVE A SPAGHETTI MODEL THAT IS GOING EVERYWHERE, MOST OF THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TRACK OF THIS STORM. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE IT VERY NARROW RIGHT NOW. YOU ALSO SEE THE INTENSITY IS STARTING TO PICK UP TO WHERE IT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR HURRICANE WHEN IT HITS FLORIDA. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR CLAY COUNTY? WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STORM WHICH IS THE WORST SIDE OF THE STORM.

IT IS TYPICAL LATE WHERE WE GET MORE RAIN, MORE TORNADOES , MORE WIND. THIS IS A VERY FAST-MOVING STORM , SO IT IS MORE OF A WIND EVENT THAN A RAIN EVENT. WANT ME LIKE DEBBIE WERE IT IS SLOW AND WIDE AND IT IS GOING TO DUMP A LOT OF RAIN AND IT WILL AFFECT THE BLACK CREEK. WE WILL SEE A LOT OF WIND. WITH OUR ROUNDS ALREADY BEING SATURATED FROM ALL OF THIS RAIN, WHICH BY THE WAY , ONE OF THE REPORTS SAID IT IS THE 10TH HIGHEST RAIN IN 100 YEARS THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, THE 10TH HIGHEST , SO THAT IS A LOT OF RAIN. IT IS SATURATED. SO NATURALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WIND WILL PUSH MORE TREES OVER WHICH THEN POWERLINES AND POWER POLES WILL SUCCUMB AS WELL TO THAT. SO AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT STARTING PROBABLY ABOUT 8:00IN THE MORNING ON THURSDAY. SO , WE ONLY AS A COUNTY TECHNICALLY HAVE WEDNESDAY TO PLAN . THE EEOC HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL WORKING FROM 8:00 TO 5:00 AGAIN TODAY , ALL THE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE, BUT TOMORROW WE STILL HAVE SCHOOL IN SESSION, SO ALL OF THOSE PIECES CAN'T BE PUT INTO PLACE UNTIL SCHOOL SUBSIDES AROUND 3:45. WE HAVE A VERY NARROW WINDOW BETWEEN 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND TOOK:00 AT NIGHT FOR THE COUNTY TO GET FIVE SHELTERS, WHICH I WILL MENTION IN A MINUTE , STOOD UP TO ACTIVATE FOR THIS STORM. THEN THAT ONLY GIVES OUR CITIZENS FROM 6:00 AT NIGHT UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT, BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T WANT THEM MOVING AT DARK. WE CAN BUT WE DON'T WANT TO , IT GIVES A VERY SHORT WINDOW FOR THEM TO EVACUATE IF THEY NEED TO PICK LIKE HOWARD ALLUDED TO , SINCE THIS IS A WIND EVENT WE ARE PUSHING OUT MESSAGING FOR THE RVS, BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF THOSE EXIST ON THE PROPERTIES , THE MOBILE HOMES, THE HOMES THAT ARE BUILT BEFORE THE 80S THAT ARE NOT WIND RESISTANT , ALL OF THOSE ARE VULNERABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS. IN ADDITION I WAS TALKING TO FWC EARLIER TODAY , WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON BOATS IN HER COMMUNITY AS WELL OR THEY HAVE BOAT LETTER TIED UP TO DOCS AND THEY NEED TO SECURE THEM OR REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATER . THAT IS THE MESSAGING THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING OUT. WE DID LOOK AT AND ARE OPENING FIVE SHELTERS . SO ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL ON THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY. WE HAVE LAKE ASBURY JUNIOR HIGH WHICH IS A SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER IN LAKE ASBURY. THEN WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHERE A LOT OF THE MOBILE HOMES EXIST, SO WE HAVE CLAY HIGH IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS. WE HAVE THE NEWLY OPENED SHELTER WHICH IS KEYSTONE ELEMENTARY WHICH I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH. I WENT OUT AND DID A TOUR OF THAT. AND THEN WELCOMES IN ON 218, ELEMENTARY , THAT IS A SHELTER FOR THE CLAY HILL AND THE MIDDLEBURG AREA. SO WE HAVE THOSE FIVE STOOD UP FOR DEBBIE. WE ONLY DID THREE. WE ARE DOING FINE FOR THIS EVENT. WE DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY . WE HAVE 10+

[02:25:01]

THIS IS NOT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. THIS IS NOT A CATEGORY 4 CATEGORY 5 CROSSING US , BUT THIS WILL BE LIKE THE IVINS AND THE DEPUTIES. WE WILL HAVE EFFECTS FROM IT. IF IT TRACKS TOWARDS TALLAHASSEE WE MAY SKATE A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING . IF IT TURNS A LITTLE MORE WEST WE WILL SEE MORE OF AN IMPACT. THE CITIZENS BASICALLY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PLAN. THEY ONLY HAVE TOMORROW TO PLAN TO GET THE ITEMS THEY NEED FOR 96 HOURS IF THEY LOSE POWER. IF THEY NEED TO TIDY UP THEIR PROPERTIES OR TIE UP ANY SMALL ITEMS OR PRINT THEM AND SIGN, THAT IS ALSO WHY WHEN THE EXECUTIVE GROUP MET TODAY AT THE EEOC, THAT IT WAS DECIDED THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT WAS ONLY GOING TO WORK A HALF A DAY TOMORROW , AND IT WAS GOING TO, AND THINK IT IS NOONTIME IS WHAT WAS DECIDED ON , SO THAT IT GIVES OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES 4 HOURS TO COME IN AND GET THE COUNTY READY FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO RESPOND TO MY BUT THEN IT GIVES HIM FOUR HOURS TO GO HOME AND GET THEIR HOMES READY FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OF THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. I KNOW WE TALKED WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT , DECIDED WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE SCHOOLS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SINCE WE ARE OPENING UP SHELTERS . THURSDAY IS THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. SO IF IT STARTS HITTING AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH 8:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY EVENING, WE CAN'T TRAVEL THE ROADS . SORRY. WILL YOU GO TO SLIDE TWO. I'M TALKING FASTER THAN MY SLIDES.

SO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE IMPACT THAT 8:00 A.M. THURSDAY AND IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8:00 P.M. AS IT PASSES ON THURSDAY. THAT IS 12 HOURS OF TIME WITH HEAVY WENT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO RESPOND. THAT TAKES US INTO FRIDAY. WE CAN'T DO ANY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS OR FIND OUT WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN THE EVENING TIME WERE THE DARK HOURS OF THURSDAY, SO FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING IS WHEN WE WOULD TRADITIONALLY START OUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE AND WHAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED IN THOSE AREAS. GO TO MY NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I WANT TO REITERATE MY POINT ON THIS SLIDE THAT HOWARD BROUGHT UP.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE CLAY COUNTY IS, THAT IS JUST ABOVE THE RED ABOVE THE "FL" FOR FLORIDA, JUST OUTSIDE THEIR PROJECTED CONE LINE , YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE I WOULD BE AND WHERE CLAY COUNTY WOULD BE. GO TO MY NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT IS HOW WIDE THE STORM IS. PERSONALLY, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE BANDS CROSSOVER CLAY COUNTY , AND IN SOME OF THE MODEL IT LOOKS LIKE 50 TO 60 MILE-PER-HOUR SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS IN THE 70 TO 80 MILE-PER-HOUR, OR OF A WIND EVENT. I KEEP EMPHASIZING THAT.

WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN, THE PROJECTED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN , WHICH WE DEAL WITH 8 INCHES. 3 TO 4 IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH, HOWEVER WITH SATURATED GRANT WE ARE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. WE ARE GOING TO WATCH BOTH CREEKS AND IF WE HAVE TO EVACUATE THE ANIMAL SHELTER. IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE.

WE HAVE NOT PUSHED OUT MESSAGING FOR FLOODS LIKE WE TYPICALLY WOULD FOR A TRUE RAIN EVENT STORM, BUT WE ARE MONITORING THAT IF WE DO. WE DO HAVE THAT STOOD UP AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, THE TORNADO POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR US. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE -- OH, I TAKE THAT BACK. I STARTED A SECOND LIST. SO I COVERED COUNTY SCHOOLS, THE FIVE SHELTERS I COVERED. WE DO HAVE A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. TOWER DESIGN OFF ON THAT TODAY. IT WAS EFFECTIVE AT NOONTIME TODAY WHICH WE NEEDED TO DO FOR THE STAFFING, THE PAY POLICY, AND TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE FOR THE PURCHASES THAT WE DO. WE ARE AT BUDGET YEAR END SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS. AND FANNY EOC ACTIVATION, LIKE I SAID FOR SEVERAL DAYS WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING. TODAY WE WERE AT 8:00 TO 5:00. TOMORROW MORNING WE ARE FULLY ACTIVATED UNTIL THE RESPONSES OVER . WITH THAT I OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING I MAY HAVE MISSED.

YES, SIR. >> LOW-LYING AREAS, SANDBAGS.

>> YES. WE HAVE OPENED UP ONE SANDBAG LOCATION TOMORROW. IT IS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE HAVE SANDBAGS. THEY HAVE SAND DELIVERED. I ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO BRING SHOVELS AND FILL THEM LIKE WE HAVE DONE THE OTHER SANDBAG SITES . SINCE THIS WILL NOT BE A FLOODING EVENT, SINCE WE DID HANDOUT A LOT OF SANDBAGS LAST MONTH FOR DEBBIE , WE CHOSE TO OPEN UP SI CENTRALLY LOCATED WHERE WE CAN MONITOR IT AT THE EEOC FOR WHAT WE NEED. THAT SHORTENED WINDOW THE ONLY HAVE ROOM IN:00 TO 6:00 TOMORROW. IF WE NEED TO STAY OPEN LATER IT IS RIGHT THERE , SO IF WE NEED TO PUSH THOSE OR IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED

[02:30:02]

>> EMERGENCY SHELTERS, PET FRIENDLY?

>> WE HAVE TWO PET FRIENDLY SHELTERS. KEYSTONE , WHICH IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL ARE THE TWO PET FRIENDLY SHELTERS THAT WE HAVE . I HAVE WORKED WITH ERNEST AND HE HAS A STAFFING MODEL TO STAFF WITH THOSE AS WELL. I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE TEAM . THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 30 TO 40 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE EEOC ALL DAY WHICH IS A BLEND OF ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COUNTY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A VERY BLENDED MODEL THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS OF. I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THEM FOR HELPING

OUT WITH ALL OF THIS. >> COMMISSIONER CONDON.

>> OBVIOUSLY MIGHT DISTRICT, OUR DISTRICT IS 50% MOBILE HOMES. SO THAT IS NOT, I THINK I WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT THAT IS NOT OFTEN WHO THESE, THESE EMERGENCY ORDERS ARE DIRECTED TO , AND SO, AT WHAT POINT SHOULD THEY LEAVE THEIR MOBILE HOME AND GO TO A SHELTER? IS IT TOMORROW EVENING, OR IS IT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING?

>> I WOULD NOT WAIT. THIS IS A MULTIFOLD ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, AND THE REASON FOR THE PUBLIC, I LIVE IN CLAY HILL, SO I LIVE IN HER DISTRICT. IF THEY ARE NEWER MOBILE HOMES, THEY ARE BUILT MORE STRUCTURALLY SOUND, MORE TO HANDLE WIND. WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF OLDER MOBILE HOMES THAT EXIST OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO HONESTLY THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MOBILE HOME THAT THEY LIVE IN TO SEE WHEN THEY NEED TO EVACUATE HERE I WOULD SAY THE SOONER THE BETTER, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW ROADS GET WHEN PEOPLE START EVACUATING. PACKED, AND LAKE ASBURY SOME OF THE GAS STATIONS HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ALREADY FROM PEOPLE PLANNING AND PREPARING. THE SOONER THE BETTER, BUT THE SHELTERS ARE OPEN CONSTANTLY. RETURN NOBODY AWAY. IF THIS GOES INTO THURSDAY , WE WILL START SEEING SOME OF THE EFFECTS THURSDAY MORNING, BUT THAT COULD BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE IT STARTS GETTING SEVERE. THEY CAN START ANYTIME. I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF THEY ARE LIVING IN AN OLDER MOBILE HOME, BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. GO AHEAD AND COME TO THE SHELTER. WE ARE TALKING 12 TO 24 HOURS AS THIS PASSES THAT THEY CAN GO BACK

HOME IF NEED BE. >> I WOULD REALLY STRESS THAT THE PUBLIC HEAR THAT. I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THAT MESSAGE OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN, A 12-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN IN DEBBIE WHO WAS KILLED BECAUSE AN OLD OAK TREE FELL ON HIS GRANDPARENTS MOBILE HOME, AND HE WAS ASLEEP IN THE BED . THAT WAS OVER IN THE NEWBERRY , GILCHRIST COUNTY AREA , WHEN THAT HAPPENED. NOT ON THE COAST , BUT A TREE FELL ON IT, AND A 12-YEAR-OLD LOST HIS LIFE. PLEASE, IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME, AND CHEST, JUST GO SPEND TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE SHELTER , AND SPEND THE DAY AT SCHOOL WITH YOUR KIDS . WE

JUST NEED THEM TO HEAR THAT. >> YES. AND AS WE KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH TIMES BEING AS TOUGH AS THEY ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE FAMILIES LIVE IN RVS. THE RVS ARE NOT ACTUALLY FOUND OR ATTACHED TO THE GROUND, SO THEY ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WIND AND TURNED OVER.

>> I WOULD SAY SHEDS AS WELL, METAL BUILDINGS. IF YOU ARE

LIVING IN A METAL BUILDING. >> COME TO THE SHELTER. THEY HAVE FOOD SET UP AT THE SHELTER. THEY HAVE SAFE SPACE.

WRITE OUT THE STORM. BUT I DO AT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RIGHT OF THE HOUSE, COME FRIDAY MORNING. THE SUN OUT ON THE ROADS. GIVE US AS THE COUNTY TO GO OUT AND ASSESS THE ROADS, THE POWER, THE TREES , THINGS OF THAT NATURE, LET US GET THOSE CLEANED UP AND OPEN BEFORE YOU START GOING OUT THERE. IN FACT, TO RICHARD AND THE TEAM TODAY, THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE CONSTRUCTION SITES , AND THEY CONTACTED ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS TODAY TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM BLOWING AWAY ALL OF THE GUARDS AND CONES AND EVERYTHING THAT BLOCKED THOSE OFTEN HOW THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER SO WE DON'T HAVE THE CITIZENS DRIVING THROUGH A SECTION THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO THEY WORKED HEAVILY ON THAT TODAY AS WELL . AND TO ADD TO YOUR STORY, DURING DEBBIE WE HAD TWO. WE HAD A TREE FALL ON A HOUSE A DOCTORS INLET AND ENTRY FOR ON A CALL IN KEYSTONE. THAT IS JUST DEBBIE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HEAVIER WIND EVENT. THANK

YOU. >> ONE THING TO ADD ABOUT COUNTY OFFICES . THE COURTHOUSE IS A REGULAR COURT CALENDAR TOMORROW. IF SOMEBODY IS LISTENING TO THAT , THEY HAVE A FULL CALENDAR TOMORROW. THURSDAY, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE STORM WILL BE CLOSED, AND THEN FRIDAY COURT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME . THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE OR UPDATE WITH REGARDS TO SCHEDULE. ALL OTHER COUNTY FACILITIES AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW STARTING AT NOON.

>> AND I WOULD SAY TO ADD ONTO THAT , EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAY

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TUNED, IT MIGHT BE. SORRY. >> THAT WAS GOOD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS STORM? I HAD ONE OTHER THING. WELL DONE.

AND THE TEAM , AND OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING EARLIER TODAY , WE ARE DEFINITELY ON A TIGHT TIMELINE , AS THE STORM APPROACHES. ONE OTHER THING TO ADD, JUST , THE BUDGET WAS QUITE A BIT OF THE HEAVY LIFT. I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. WITHOUT RIDGE, DEBBIE, LISA , AND THAT TEAM WHO IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE , WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WITH THAT . AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AS A WHOLE FOR THAT. THAT'S PROBABLY MY FIFTH BUDGET YEAR , AND WE ARE HEADING IN SOME GREAT DIRECTIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, THESE CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT WE HAVE BUILT-IN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING THEM . CHARLIE ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW. HE IS OUT SUPERVISING DELIVERY OF THESE FOR THE LAST BIT THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT THE TEAM HAS DELIVERED, AS HE MENTIONED , HAS DELIVERED OVER THE 72,000 CANS. IT IS NOT JUST A COUPLE. IT IS A LOT . SO WE ARE CLEANING THAT UP HERE FROM LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE LEARN FROM ST. JOHN'S, REALLY TO BE HONEST , AND LOOKING AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COVERED ALL OF THE CEOS AND THAT WE

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

>> COMMISSIONER BURKE. >> SO, MY DISTRICT HAD A HUGE COMMUNITY MEETING LAST THURSDAY REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF 220 AND HINDLEY. AND PACKED OUT RIGHT ON ELEMENTARY'S CAFETERIA. WE HAD D.O.T. REPRESENTATIVES THAT SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A MEETING LIKE IT BEFORE. YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT IS GOING THROUGH A LOT. A LOT. AND IT IS ALL GOING TO BE GREAT, BUT IT IS ALL ROUGH RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW , THEIR FEELINGS OF 16 MONTHS OF THIS BEING CLOSED . IT IS GOING TO BE ROUGH ON THEM. I MEAN, I LIVE THERE TOO. A LOT OF US ARE GOING TO ALSO EXPERIENCE THAT, BUT I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT WAS THERE, RICHARD, HELPING ME . CHAIRMAN RENNINGER EVEN SHOWED UP AS WAS ABLE TO TAKE OVER FOR ME AT THE VERY END SO I COULD GET TO HOMECOMING FOR MY GIRLS. I'M SORRY I HAD TO DO THAT TO YOU. I HEARD YOU HANDLED IT WELL. D.O.T., HOWARD , AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT , HALLELUJAH , I THINK THERE WAS, LIKE, 20 THERE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF HIGH TENSION, AND AGAIN UNDERSTANDABLY SO, BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW , WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT , AND AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD WHEN IT IS OVER WITH. I HAD EMAILS FROM, AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, PEOPLE COMPLEMENT AND HOW WELL IT WENT, HOW WELL WE HANDLED IT.

D.O.T. EVEN DID THAT. SO, YOU KNOW , IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO , WE ARE HAVING TO GO THROUGH, AND AGAIN I THINK, I JUST WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH THAT, AND ALL OF OUR, AND EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED , AND I THINK THERE WAS PLENTY OF POSITIVE STUFF THAT CAME FROM IT. THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE WANTED STREET OPENING SATURDAY , AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE BUSINESSES VERLOT, ALSO WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION THERE, WITH THAT CLOSED . ERIN DEAN WAS THERE AND GAVE THE CITY OF GREEN COVE AND THE COUNTY OF LAKE THAT HE HAD JUST GOT THE DAY BEFORE THE CAPITAL IN DC IF YOUR KEY PRESENTED THAT. WE ALL HAD A PICTURE. CAN YOU, REALLY NEAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR AREA AND I WAS HAPPY FOR THE CITY OF GREEN COVE FOR THAT. EVERYONE PLEASE BE SAFE , AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MEETING.

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>> MR. CELLA. >> THANK YOU HERE BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE WORKING ODD SHIFTS, EVEN OVERNIGHT SHIFTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE EOC IS STAFFED 24 HOURS PER DAY SO THEY CAN ASSESS THE SITUATION AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, SO WE WILL DO THAT IN ADVANCE. CATCH YOU ON THE FLIPSIDE THE NEXT MEETING. A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO PASS ALONG. ONE IS YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. WE ARE COMING DOWN THE HOME STRETCH AS FAR AS PLANNING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLLEGE DRIVE AND THE ENVISIONING THREATS THAT ARE OPEN TO ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC OR ANYBODY THAT IS A STAKEHOLDER THAT LIVES IN OR AROUND COLLEGE DRIVER HAS A BUSINESS THERE WOULD BE JUST INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING , TO PUT THEIR TWO CENTS IN. OCTOBER 7 AND OCTOBER 19 ARE THE 2 DAYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HELD AT THE THRASHER HORN CENTER. THEY WILL START AT 6:00. THERE THEY WILL DISCUSS A NEW VISION FOR COLLEGE DRIVE. IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE CHARRETTE ON OCTOBER 2ND -- OCTOBER 7 OR NOVEMBER 19 , YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THERE IS A SURVEY, AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT YOU CAN TAKE AND IMPLEMENT YOUR SUGGESTIONS THERE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THERE IS MORE INFORMATION AT CLAY COUNTY DOVE.COM. AND THE FINAL THING I WILL JUST MENTION IS ON SATURDAY , THE IMPACT CLAY TRAIN MADE A WHISTLE STOP THERE AT THE GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ORANGE PARK. IT IS A GREAT AREA OF NEED , AND WE ENDED UP SERVING 203 RESIDENCE. A NUMBER CONTINUES TO GROW FOR THE IMPACT CLAY TRAIN. THEY TURNED OUT FOR THE DAY. THEY WERE GIVEN CLOAK GROCERIES, CLOTHES, HAIRCUTS, MEDICAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. THE LIBRARY WAS THERE HANDING OUT BOOKS , AND WE HANDED OUT QUITE A FEW. OUR DSO OFFICE WAS THERE HELPING VETERANS WHO HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME PROBLEMS ABOUT DEALING WITH THE VA OR WHATEVER. IT IS REALLY TAKING OFF IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED, BUT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS VOLUNTEERING. WE HAD 127 VOLUNTEERS ON SATURDAY. SO THAT IS FANTASTIC. IT IS A GREAT WAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PICK UP HOURS FOR SCHOOL. WE HAD SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOLERS THERE THAT WERE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME HOURS. IT IS NOT TOUGH WORK , BUT IT IS VERY REWARDING WORK THAT IS FOR SURE. NEXT UP IS OCTOBER 19. IT IS ALWAYS THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AND WILL BE BACK AT KEYSTONE HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE WILL BE THERE LOOKING FOR YOU THERE BETWEEN 11:00 A.M. AND 1:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 19. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SHARE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CONDON.

>> SO , ON SUNDAY, COMMISSIONER COMPERE , THE SHERIFF, CONGRESSMAN BEING , AND KEEP MOCK , I HOPE YOU DIDN'T FORGET ANYBODY. DID I FORGET ANYBODY? WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH FIRST BAPTIST OBERG HUNDRED 25 YEARS , AND IT WAS GREAT. THE PASTOR TALKED ABOUT WHEN FIRST BAPTIST MIDDLEBURG, IT WAS CREATED IN THE BACK OF THE GENERAL STORE , 12 PEOPLE MET IN THE BACK OF THE GENERAL STORE TO CREATE MIDDLEBURG MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. DEAR THAT IT WAS CREATED, NO ONE HAD A CAR IN CLAY COUNTY , SO THEY CAME TO CHURCH ON HORSEBACK. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY NO AIR-CONDITIONING AND NO , AND THE PASTOR HAD A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT DIDN'T EXIST WHEN THEY BECAME A CHURCH, BUT SOME INTERESTING THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS, LIKE, HI BRODY A BAPTIST CHURCH HAD A NUMBER OF OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE BORN OUT OF THAT . A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS GO TO CHURCH THERE. IT WAS REALLY A NICE EXPERIENCE. I THINK YOU ENJOYED IT AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. OUR SHERIFF, I DON'T KNOW THAT HER FAMILY EVER SEES HER. I FEEL BADLY FOR HER CHILDREN , BUT THEY PROBABLY ARE CELEBRATING, YOU KNOW.

TEENAGERS PROBABLY LIKE NOT HAVING THEIR MOM AROUND, BUT WE APPRECIATE OUR SHERIFF WHO SHOWS UP AT EVERYTHING. OF COURSE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT SENDS A CHIEF TO EVERYTHING THAT WE ASK THEM TO ATTEND, BUT ALSO TO HAVE OUR CONGRESSMEN SHOW UP THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN BEING DOESN'T LIVE IN CLAY COUNTY, BUT HE REALLY IS VERY PRESENT. AND I THINK THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. SO APPROACHABLE. YOUNG LADY CAME UP WITH TO HIM BECAUSE HE IS APPLYING TO ONE OF THE ACADEMIES. ANYWAY SHE WAS VERY GRACIOUS ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A

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>> LET US TALK TO GEORGE , AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A MEMO, AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT , THE DATE OF THE EVENT .

>> NOVEMBER 10. >> WE WILL WORK ON THAT IF THAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IS THE STYLE OF THE SIGN. I THINK AMINO, WHAT IS ON THAT AND

THAT. >> YEAH , THEY WERE GOING TO SEND ME SOME TEXT OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IT TO SAY, AND

I DON'T HAVE IT YET. >> IF WE HAVE THAT THAN I CAN

WORK UP THE MEMO. >> OKAY. IT IS NOT NAMED FOR ANYONE. THAT WAS THE FIRST HURDLE, RIGHT? AT ANY RATE , THEY SAID SOME OF THOSE PLAYERS ARE OVER 80 , SO THEY ARE GOING TO WALK THE BASES. AND THEN THE THIRD THING THAT HE WANTED TO BRING UP IS NOW THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THE BUDGET, TWO THINGS I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT NOW THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THE BUDGET.

THE FIRST ONE IS THAT I KNOW THAT OUR PLANS FOR AND ONE OF OUR APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY TRAIL GUESSES WHAT WE WOULD CALL IT FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY TRACK OR WHATEVER AT THE REGIONAL SPORTS PART , AND SO I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND , AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REALLY NEEDS BOARD ACTION IS MUCH, BUT AT THE, AT THE LAST EVENT, COMMISSIONER CELLA AND I WERE WALKING AROUND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT BOOTHS , WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHERE COMMISSIONER RENNINGER AND COMPERE HAD GONE OFF TO , BUT WE HAPPENED TO WALK UPON THIS ONE, AND WE MET THIS GENTLEMAN WHO IS TERRY PARKES WHO IS THE SPORTS COMMISSIONER FOR SPACE COAST , VISIT SPACE COAST, BUT WHO HE IS IS , USED TO BE THE TOURISM OR SPORTS OR SOMETHING IN LEON COUNTY IN TALLAHASSEE. WHAT I FOUND REMARKABLE ABOUT AFTER I STARTED HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM WAS, AND WE DID NOT VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE BECAUSE COMMISSIONER CELLA WALKED AWAY AND WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE , BUT I WAS TALKING TO THIS GUY AND WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CROSS-COUNTRY TREK THEY BUILT IN LEON COUNTY, BECAUSE THE ONE THAT THEY BUILT IN LEON COUNTY WAS BUILT TO NCAA STANDARDS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY , AND AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND I HAD A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH THEIR COUNTY MANAGER, IT WAS BUILT FROM , FROM GRASSROOTS. THEY DID NOT HAVE IT AS A CIP PROJECT. IT WAS BUILT. THEY JUST TOOK MONEY THAT THEY HAD IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND AS THEY COULD BUILD IT, THEY DID IT, BUT THEY DID IT TO NCAA STANDARDS. AND HE HAD SOME LESSONS LEARNED. I THINK THIS TERRY PARKES GUY COULD GIVE SOME REAL GUIDANCE TO OUR STAFF . THE REASON I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BUT DO IT THE WAY THAT THEY KIND OF DID IT , IS BECAUSE KEYSTONE HEIGHTS HEISKELL WAS VERY PROUD TO HOST A CROSS-COUNTRY MEET OVER THE WEEKEND, THE FIRST HOMEY

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TIME CHANGES THAT FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THEY CAN SPEND THAT MONEY , BUT THOSE PEOPLE WANT THEIR LIGHTS. THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER WINTER SEASON WITHOUT THEIR LIGHTS. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A VACATION WITH MY HUSBAND , TAKE A WEEK OFF LAST WEEK , AND GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW SOME OF YOU COVERED FOR ME AT SOME THINGS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE OVER 1200 EMAILS, 26 VOICEMAILS , AND 18 TEXT MESSAGES. I HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO ALL OF THEM YET, BUT I WILL GET TO YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME , AND I WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE FACEBOOK CENTER ONES. BUT ANYWAY , I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A VACATION WITH MY HUSBAND. SO THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER COMPERE. >> SO , JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANTED TO START OFF BY ECHOING THE COUNTY MANAGER'S SENTIMENTS REGARDING OUR STAFF . THE BUDGETING PROCESS, AT LEAST FROM THE COMMISSION SIDE, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS SIDE STARTED BACK IN APRIL/MAY, AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG, ARDUOUS JOURNEY, NICKEL AND DIMING . $819 MILLION IS NO SMALL NUMBER. TO STAFF. WE WERE IN BRIEFING, WE HAVE BEEN IN BRIEFINGS WHAT FEELS LIKE EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS , AND IT IS INTENSE. THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO IT IS NO, IT IS NO SMALL , IT IS NO SMALL FEAT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE. AND THAT, THAT SENTIMENT IS ACROSS THE COUNTY , OR AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT. I RECEIVED A NUMBER OF EMAILS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS OF CONSTITUENTS SINGLING OUT MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL, VERY ATTENTIVE , VERY COMPLEMENTARY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THAT THE FACE OF THE COUNTY THAT THEY SEE APART FROM THE COMMISSION IS ALSO MORE, ALSO WELCOMING, ALSO VERY ATTENTIVE AND READY TO MEET A NEED, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY , IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION WITH FCC TONIGHT , IS THAT I CAN APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S STEPS TO HELP ADDRESS AND PREVENT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED TRANSPIRE IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTY. THERE IS SO MUCH ANGST SURROUNDING THIS IMPENDING CHANGE , AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO TO ASSUAGE THE CONCERN. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT WE CAN SAY, SO I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT STEPS THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN TO MITIGATE WHAT WE CAN AT THIS JUNCTURE . WE WILL SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT NEXT WEEK, BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE , AND I CAN SEE THAT. I ALSO ENJOYED SUNDAY MORNING WITH FIRST BAPTIST. COMMISSIONER CONDON AND I WERE AT THE 8:00 SERVICES. HEATHER WENT OVER TO MORNINGSTAR FOR OUR 9:30 SERVICE . IT WAS NEAT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALREADY AWAKE. I AM NOT HER. EVERYONE WAS SO ALIVE AND EXCITED, AND 125 YEARS IS A BIG DEAL TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY, TO BE A PILLAR , AND TO HAVE STAYED TRUE TO THEIR MISSION OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL , WHICH WAS ONE OF MY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SERMON. JUST SO INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT THEIR CALL IS. SO I ENJOYED THAT , ALSO. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST , IN LIGHT OF HAVING PASSED THE BUDGET , WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL RECENTLY , OR I DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL RECENTLY, IS THAT THIS MOVE IS A COLLECTIVE TO PROCEED WITH THE OAK LEAF LIBRARY WAS A BIG DEAL ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE MEETING THE NEED OF A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A LIBRARY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I WISH FORMER COMMISSIONER COCKY WAS HERE BECAUSE IT STARTED WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONER. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD ANOTHER ONE, AND

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>> I CAN PUT A LOT OF , I'M GOING TO PUT A COUPLE OF ASTERISKS BEHIND THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER THAT IS COMING IN, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TOUCH A TRUCK? THAT HAS BEEN CANCELED?

>> IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED. GOOD QUESTION.

>> THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY. YEAH, WE ARE REALLY BUSY. AND I AM HAPPY TO PINCH-HIT, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OUR BUSY SCHEDULES AND TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE IN THE LOCAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OR BOARD. I STOOD IN THERE LAST TUESDAY FOR COMMISSIONER CONDON. THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN REPORT IS THAT THE ANNUAL OPERATION REPORT WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THEY HAD ERRORS IN IT, SO IT IS GOING TO COME UP NEXT BOARD. 220, I'M HAPPY TO SIT IN THERE. I KNEW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND THEY CAME UP TO ME, AND YOU KNOW, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE ATTENDANCE QUITE HONEST THE . I JUST LEFT.

THE REASON I WASN'T THERE TO BEGIN WITH HIS WE HAD A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MEETING IN ORANGE PARK LIBRARY AT 6:00 P.M. , 5:30 OR 6:00, HALF AN HOUR BEFORE YOURS STARTED. I WAS HAPPY, WE HAD, LIKE , 20 TO 30 PEOPLE THAT HAD ISSUES THAT THEY WANTED TO GET CLARIFIED TO SEE IF THAT GRANT MIGHT BE OF ASSISTANCE. SO YOU KNOW, AT A BOY TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT GETTING IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE A DEEP BENCH. WE TALK ABOUT BRADLEY, GARRISON , CONGRESSMAN BEAN , AND THEN YOU LOOK AT TRAVIS CUMMINGS HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE A DEEP BENCH OF SUPPORT IN THE PAST AS WELL AS IN THE FUTURE. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. THE BUDGET, OH, MY GOODNESS. $819 MILLION , AND QUITE HONESTLY I DIDN'T HEAR ANY QUESTIONS. IT TELLS OF THE WORK THAT THE COMMISSION WENT INTO AND THE STAFF WENT INTO TO PREPARE THE BUDGET FOR APPROVAL. I MEAN , I'VE SEEN , YOU KNOW , ARM WRESTLING GOING ON ON THE DAIS OF HER BUDGETS, AND QUITE HONESTLY IT SPEAKS TO THE EFFORT THAT WE AS A COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE STAFF PUT INTO THAT EFFORT. LIKE YOU SAID , IT IS A HEAVY LIFT WITH $819 MILLION. THE LAST THING , AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RANTS . I DON'T THINK CHIEF BOCK WILL SUPPORT ME HERE. WE WERE REWARDED A SAFER GRANT . WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION. NOW THAT IS A COUPLE OF WORDS, BUT WHAT IT MEANS IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO FUND 18 FIREFIGHTERS FOR 3 YEARS. THAT IS HUGE. LIKE I SAID, HALF OF THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THOSE STATIONS ISN'T GOING TO WORK.

HAVING THE FIREFIGHTER IN STATIONS AND NO EQUIPMENT IS NOT GOING TO WORK, SO IT IS A RUBIK'S CUBE , A PUZZLE THAT WE HAVE GOT TO PUT TOGETHER, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE STATIONS, WE ARE WORKING ON FIREFIGHTERS, WE ARE WORKING ON THE EQUIPMENT YOU'RE GETTING THEM HERE ALL AT THE SAME TIME IS A DIFFICULT THING, SO YOU HAVE YOUR TASK CUT OUT FOR YOU.

BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH IT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, 18 FIREFIGHTERS ,

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>> TALKING ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS, I HAD THE HONOR TO ATTEND THE RECRUIT GRADUATION. 26 NEW FIREFIGHTERS WILL START TOMORROW AS A MATTER OF FACT. ISN'T THAT CORRECT? IT'S

TOMORROW. IMAGINE THAT. >> WELCOME TO HELENA.

>> I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ONE. CAN I BELIEVE IT WAS 16 OUT OF THOSE 26. 14, THANK YOU, 14 OUT OF THE 26 WAS A NEW CONCEPT TO GET HIGH SCHOOLERS IN RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL , TRAIN THEM UP, GET THEM READY TO GO IN GRADUATE, ONE OF WHICH THERE IS A HAPPY MOM BACK THERE, KIMBERLY. HER SON IS A NEW FIREFIGHTER, AND OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, TIM DEVON, HIS DAUGHTER WAS PHENOMENAL TO SEE. TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY MY YOU'VE GOT TO THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX. IT WAS AN IDEA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. DAVID AND THE TEAM REALLY TOOK A RUN FOR THIS , AND I AM JUST SO PROUD OF ALL 26 , AND ESPECIALLY THOSE 14, BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY INAUGURAL , AND JUST OUT-OF-THE-BOX. THESE ARE CLAY COUNTY KIDS THAT WILL NOW BE HERE IN THE COUNTY , WHICH IS SO KEY, CRITICAL. THANK YOU

. >> WE ARE DEALING WITH THE PAST, PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE. THAT IS A DIFFICULT TASK. WITH

THAT -- >> MR. CHAIR, BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENT GRANT MEETING IN ORANGE PARK, AND WE ONLY HAD, WHAT, 12 PEOPLE, 20 SOME ODD PEOPLE , I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THE UPDATE, BUT FROM , AFTER THAT MEETING, AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN PUSHING IT ON SOCIAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD OVER 400 APPLICATIONS FOR THAT, SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC , WITH THAT SHOWS ME IS THAT THERE IS A REAL NEED, AND WE KNOW THERE IS A NEED , AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHO I HAVE MENTIONED IT TO, BECAUSE I AM A I SAID IT TODAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT ON THE DAIS, BUT IN OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, WELL REPAIRS AND SEPTIC REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED , THAT MEGAN INTENDS TO PUT THEM IN THE NEXT APPLICATION. I THINK I DID SAY THAT ON THE DAIS. SO ANYWAY, BUT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE NEED PLEASE GO AHEAD AND APPLY. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE, AND MAKE AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GRANDSON THINGS AS THE CHAIRMAN SUGGESTED. WE WOULD HAVE OVER 400 APPLICATIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND, BUT SOME OF THEM WILL BE SMALLER REPAIRS AND OTHERS WILL BE LARGER.

>> THE GRANT IS $1 MILLION PER YEAR, RIGHT? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ENTITLEMENT GRANTS . IT IS AN ENTITLEMENT. WE ARE ENTITLED TO IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.