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          >>> OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, IF YOU WILL PLEASE AND US FOR THE 
          INVOCATION . >> PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS. 
          WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD, CLAY COUNTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US AND GIVE US GUIDANCE AND CLEAR MIND AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT THOSE AROUND US IN THE COMING DAYS, WEEKS, AND YEARS. FATHER I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT'S IT ON THE BOARD AND THE STAFF THAT CARRY OUT THE DAILY DUTIES TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY GREAT. WATCH OVER ONE AS THEY WORK THROUGH THEIR DAILY DUTIES. 
          PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR MEN AND WOMEN HIM -- OF ARMED FORCES. THEY CONTINUE TO BE COURAGEOUS AND STRONG AS OUR GUARDIANS OF FREEDOM. ALSO CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HERE AT HOME. WHO ARE GOING TO ANSWER THE CALL, ARE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR THE LISTINGS YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE US EACH AND EVERY DAY -- IN YOUR HEAVENLY 
          NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. >> THIS AFTERNOON, OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE IS BY AJ. I HAD TO PRACTICE THAT ONE. AJ, MAJOR, SERVED MORE THAN 23 YEARS. UNITED STATES MEME ON ARMY BEFORE RETIRING IN JULY OF 2023. HE WORKED AS A MEDICAL LOGISTICS OFFICER AND SERVED IN LOCATIONS INCLUDING MAYPORT FLORIDA, FOR LIBERTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MARYLAND, FORT LEE, VIRGINIA. 
          NEW YORK, AND GERMANY. HE JOINED THE MILITARY TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY AND BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGERTHAN ANY ONE PERSON. 
          DURING HIS SERVICE HE LEARNED NOTHING IS MORE SATISFYING THAN SERVING AND WORKING TOWARDS A WORTHY COLLEGE -- CAUSE . HIS FAVORITE SERVICE MEMORIES INCLUDE VISITING NEW PLACES AND PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. A DECORATED VETERAN INCLUDING BOTH ARMY AND NAVY ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS , GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, EXPEDITIONARY AND SERVICE METALS . SORRY ABOUT THAT. HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL, THREE OVERSEAS RIBBONS AND ARROWHEAD DEVICE AMONG MANY OTHERS. HE IS A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT. CURRENT OCCUPATION IS VERY NOBLE , MR. MOM. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THE MILITARY , FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE. 
          PLEASE LEAD US IN YOUR -- IN THE PLEDGE AND YOU CAN SHARE A FEW 
          WORDS WITH US. >> 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. >> DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW 
          WORDS? >> I WON'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF YOUR TIME. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD JUST SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT MY SERVICE, TO THIS GREAT NATION THAT WE ALL LOVE AND CHERISH. OF COURSE , LIKE THE COMMISSIONER SAID, I STARTED OFF IN THE NAVY. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NAVY VETS, I WAS A DECK SEAMAN WHEN I STARTED OFF. OF COURSE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BASICALLY, IF YOU'VE SEEN AN OLD MOVIE WHERE THEY SAY SQUAB THE DECK , HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THOSE BEFORE? JUST DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF. THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN I FIRST STARTED. ALSO, OF COURSE, IT WAS WOODEN SHIPS. NOW WE HAVE -- METALS. IF YOU PUT SALTWATER AND METAL, WHAT DOES IT DO? IT REST, RIGHT . WHO WAS THE REST BUSTER? THAT WAS MY JOB. THAT'S WHAT I DID. I DID THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS. 
          THEN MY MOM AND DAD WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, SO I WENT TO SCHOOL. ENDED UP GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN I WAS ACTIVE DUTY. I BECAME A DENTAL TECHNICIAN. I DID THAT FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS. 
          AFTER THAT I SAID LET ME TRY SOMETHING ELSE. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE COMMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE AS A LOGISTICS OFFICER. I BECAME A RADICAL LOGISTICS OFFICER. I HAVE SERVED IN MANY DIFFERENT POSTS . OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW SOME OF THE YOUNG GUYS MAY NOT KNOW, OUR NATION WAS REALLY CHALLENGED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, OR SO. 10, 20 YEARS. THEY'VE DONE SO MANY GREAT THINGS. ALL OF OUR MEN IN SERVICE, MEN AND 
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WOMEN IN SERVICE. I TOOK PART IN A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. 
          AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, YOU NAME IT, I WAS THERE. I USED TO MAKE MY -- MY MOM USED TO CALL ME AND SAY , HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M GOING ON VACATION. WHEN I'M GOING TO AFGHANISTAN, RIGHT. THEY SAID I HAD POOR TASTE IN VACATION SPOTS. THEY ARE MARRIED ABOUT 50 YEARS NOW. LET ME PLAN YOU GUYS A VACATION SPOT. THEY SAID, NO, WE ARE NOT DOING THAT. BASICALLY WHEN I WANT TO SAY IS SERVICE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WEAR UNIFORM . OF COURSE I WAS IN AN ORGANIZATION WHERE MEN AND WOMEN, WE HAVE THE SAME TASTE IN CLOTHES. OKAY . OF COURSE, EVEN THOSE THAT WEAR THIS UNIFORM NOW, THE GREAT FIREFIGHTERS, SHERIF'S OFFICE , THESE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS. 
          NOT JUST ARMY, NAVY, THE USUAL SUSPECTS. WHAT YOU'D GUYS DO. 
          WE DID SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. SAME THING YOU DO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. I APPLAUD YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I CAME BACK HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPEN FOR ME WHEN I FIRST ENLISTED IN BACK -- BACK IN 1996. I WAS IN MAYPORT. I LOVE JACKSONVILLE AREA SO MUCH THAT I CAME BACK DOWN HERE TO CLAY COUNTY. OF COURSE IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I REMEMBER IT. A LOT OF HORSES, COWS AND FARMING. IT WAS GREAT TO COME BACK HERE TO CLAY COUNTY. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
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          [PET ADOPTIONS]
          >> I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CAN MEETING FOR JANUARY 28TH, 2025. I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT. WE WILL MOVE TO PET 
          ADOPTIONS. >> FIRST WE HAVE ROXIE, MIXED BREED ONE-YEAR-OLD WHO IS 41 POUNDS. ROXIE IS A SWEET CURIOUS PUP THRIVING IN A LOVING FOSTER HOME. SHE IS A QUICK LEARNER, GREAT WITH OTHER DOGS AND LOVES MEETING NEW PEOPLE. EVERYONE IS HER NEW BEST FRIEND. ROXIE IS CRATE TRAINED, A DOOR SNUGGLES AND ENJOYS LEISURELY WALKS WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO EXPLORE. SHE STILL WORKING ON POTTY TRAINING AND NEEDS PLENTY OF CHEW TOYS TO KEEP HER BUSY. WITH A LITTLE PATIENCE, SHE WILL BE A PERFECT ADDITION TO HER -- YOUR FAMILY. SET UP A MEET AND GREET. WE HAVE FAITH, A HOUND MIX, FIVE YEARS OLD, 53 POUNDS. A SWEET AND SHY HOUND WHO TAKES HER TIME TO WARM UP TO NEW PEOPLE NOT YOUR TYPICAL LOUD TALKATIVE HOUND. CALM AND QUIET, MAKING HER A GREAT COMPANION FOR PEACEFUL HOME. SHE IS A BIT RESERVED, ENJOYS QUIET WALKS AND RELAXING WITH HER PEOPLE WHEN SHE'S COMFORTABLE. SHE WILL DO BEST IN A PATIENT, CALM HOME, WHERE SHE CAN BUILD TRUST AND CONFIDENCE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOW-KEY GENTLE COMPANION, FAITH MIGHT BE THE ONE FOR YOU. COME MEET HER TODAY. NALA IS A DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR TWO-YEAR-OLD CAT, SIX POUNDS. MEET NALA, THE SWEET SHY GIRL, RESERVED AT FIRST, BUT WHEN SHE GETS TO KNOW YOU ARE GENTLE NATURE WILL SHINE THROUGH. STRIKING BLACK-AND-WHITE FOR AN ADORABLE BUTTON NOSE, NALA IS SURE TO WIN YOUR HEARTS. SHE'S LOOKING FOR A CALM QUIET HOME WHERE SHE CAN FEEL SAFE AND LOVED. IF YOU ARE PATIENT AND READY TO GIVE HER TIME, THE TIME SHE NEEDS, NALA WILL MAKE A WONDERFUL COMPANION. OSCAR IS A NEUTERED MALE, DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR, FOUR YEARS OLD. OSCAR IS A 10 POUND BIG BOY WITH A SHY PERSONALITY. HE MIGHT TAKE TIME TO WARM UP, BUT IN A CALM PATIENT HOME HE MIGHT FIND HIS COMFORT . OSCAR WITH DRIVE-IN AND INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SETTING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COZY PORCH WHERE HE CAN LOUNGE AND ENJOY THE SITE THAT HIS OWN PACE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOW-KEY COMPANION TO SHARE YOUR SPACE WITH, OSCAR CAN BE THE ONE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOSTER PARENTS THE SEASON. PLEASE CONSIDER OPENING YOUR HOME TEMPORARILY. IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT A FOSTER -- AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF MABEL, WHO IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AN ADOPTER OR FOSTER HOME. PLEASE CALL THE SHELTER FOR MORE INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUR FURRY 
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FRIENDS BUT CANNOT BRING ONE HOME, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR 
          [1.  Recognition of Fleming Island High School State Champions]
AMAZON WISH LIST. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF A HIGHER -- ITEMS FOR SHELTER ANIMALS. THAT'S AT AMAZON.COM. 
          >> WILL MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS PLEASE JOIN ME DOWN FRONT. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE. ALL RIGHT, THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE SOME REALLY AWESOME FOLKS TO RECOGNIZE. WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR CLAY STUDENT ATHLETES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF SOME STATE CHAMPIONS. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TODAY -- WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS WE ARE COMBINING INTO ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL FROM FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL. 
          IN HONOR OF THE STATE CHAMPION GOLDEN EAGLES BAND. THE STATE CHAMPION GOLDEN EAGLES GOLF TEAM, AND -- IS THAT BOYS GOLF TEAM? BOYS GOLF TEAM. AND STATE CHAMPION SENIOR DIVER. WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THOSE. WILL THE STUDENTS, COACHES, AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PLEASE START MAKING YOUR WAY UP FOR THE PROCLAMATION? YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME UP AND FILL IN AROUND THE COMMISSIONER SO WE CAN GET YOU IN HERE. EVERYONE TENDS TO GO TO THE RIGHT. WE HAVE PRINCIPAL, TOM PITTMAN HERE, SUPERINTENDENT DAVID, AND , I BELIEVE YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, TRAVIS CUNNINGHAM, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON IN. AND YOUR COACHES. I WILL LET YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOUR TEAMS AFTER COMMISSIONER READS OUR PROCLAMATIONS ? 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION GOING. FOR I READ THE PROCLAMATION, ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE IS THE INVOLVEMENT THAT EACH THREE OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR INSTANCE, FLEMING ISLAND BOYS GOLF, IF IT WASN'T FOR FLEMING ISLAND GOLF CLUB OPENING THEIR FACILITIES THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY. 
          OTHER GOLF COURSES AROUND THAT DO THAT. SIMILARLY, FLEMING ISLAND SWIM TEAM SWIMS AT -- THAT OPEN UP THEIR POLES, SO STUDENTS HAVE A PLACE TO COMPETE. FINALLY I WANT TO THANK JUSTIN, PART OF THE STAFF. THE FLEMING ISLAND BANS TRAINS OVER THE FAIRGROUNDS OVER THE SUMMER. AND ALSO MUSE FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THE COACHES CAN INTRODUCE WHO THEY HAVE HERE TODAY. WHEREAS THE FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL RECENTLY WON THE TITLE OF STATE CHAMPION AND RESPECTIVE COMPETITIONS AND DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHEREAS THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND LED BY DIRECTORS ALEX AND DAVID WON THE 2024 FLORIDA MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE IN JUPITER, FLORIDA, BRINGING HOME CLASS 5A GOLD MEDAL THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, PROVING THEY HAVE THE BEST PERCUSSION, GUARD, MUSIC, AND GENERAL EFFECT IN THE STATES. A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THEIR DEDICATION, PRECISION AND ARTISTRY. WHEREAS THE FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL WILL TEAM, CAPTURED THE 2024 STATE TITLE AT THE MISSION INN RESORT COURSE , A VERY TOUGH COURSE, WITH THE HIGHEST -- THIRD-HIGHEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN F HSA HISTORY, MAKING THEM -- ALLOWING THEM TO SWEEP DISTRICT , REGION AND STATE TITLES, GIVING THEM BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHEREAS SENIOR DIVER, AVA, LED BY COACHES MATT AND JACKIE WON THE THREE A STATE DIVE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FOR THE ONE METER DIVE AT THE FLORIDA AQUATIC SWIMMING TRAINING CENTER IN OCALA, FLORIDA, MAKING HER TO TIME -- THREE-TIME REGIONAL CHAMPION WHO WILL SOON BE DIVING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. 
          GO GATORS. WHEREAS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE HARD-WORKING STUDENT ATHLETES BRING A STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THESE REMARKABLE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD BECOME DIDN'T -- AND PERSEVERANCE. COMMENDED, EXCUSE ME, NOT CONDEMNED. GOING TOO FAST. AMENDED. MY APOLOGIES. I WENT TO CLAY, I DIDN'T GO TO FLEMING. SORRY. MY WIFE IS A 
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FLEMING GRAD. THEREFORE, BE A RESULT, THE BOARD OF TRADE -- CLAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOES HERE BY HONOR THESE INCREDIBLE GOLDEN EAGLES ATHLETES FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR OUR COMMUNITIES PRIDE AND GRATITUDE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF CLAY COUNTY IN THESE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION ? AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, IT'S NOW IN THE RECORD. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. MR., IF YOU WANT TO TELL US WHO WE HAVE FROM THE BAND. 
          >> LINDSAY WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING, IT'S NOT LONG. 
          SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS LINDSAY JORDAN. ONE OF THE DRUM MAJORS. I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. JOINING ME TODAY ARE MY FELLOW BANDMEMBERS, NICK AND KARINA. THE FOUR OF US STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WE REPRESENT THE DEDICATION, TALENT AND LEADERSHIP ABOUT 150 MEMBERS OF OUR PROGRAM. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY MOMENTOUS . 
          AFTER 14 YEARS WE FINALLY RECLAIMED THE STATE TITLE. A TESTAMENT NOT ONLY TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR MUSICIANS , BUT OUR PARENTS AND STAFF. LEADERSHIP IS A THE HEART OF WHAT MAKES OUR BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. A MAJOR GUIDING THE BAND ON THE FIELD, SECTION LEADERS , OR EVERY INDIVIDUAL STEPPING UP TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ROLES, OUR SUCCESS IS BUILT ON SURE COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER AND SHARED GOALS. THESE QUALITIES HAVE ALLOWED US TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN JUST THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED TO PERFORM AT SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LOCATIONS. THE STREETS OF LONDON AND NEW YORK'S CARNEGIE HALL. MULTIPLE CONCERT BANDS HE EARNED SUPERIOR -- OUR TWO JAZZ BANDS CONSISTENTLY EARN SUPERIOR RATINGS. JV AND WINTER GUARDS AND OR PRUSSIAN ENSEMBLE BROUGHT HOME A SILVER MEDAL THE YEAR BEFORE. ALL OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE STRONG FOUNDATION OF STUDENT -- STUDENT LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND LOVE OF MUSIC AND BEING BETTER MUSICIANS EVERY DAY. ON BEHALF OF THE BAND, I WANT TO TAKE -- THINK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS LIKE OURS THAT NOT ONLY FOSTER MUSIC IT -- MUSICAL EXCELLENCE BUD FOSTER FUTURE 
          LEADERS. THANK YOU. >> RI, COACH CLOUD, WHO DO WE 
          HAVE FROM THE GOLF TEAM? >> I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE A LONG SPEECH TO GIVE YOU. ON THE END WE HAVE CARSON, A JUNIOR. 
          ALSO, SENIOR, EMMETT, WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA, SIGNING A SCHOLARSHIP. JUNIOR, RYAN. 
          SENIOR, DYLAN, WHO WILL BE GOING TO CARSON NEWMAN. AND JUNIOR, 
          TYLER. >> AWESOME, CONGRATULATIONS. ALL 
          RIGHT. WE HAVE A VET. >> WE HAVE MISS AVA BRINKMAN, TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION, AND SHE'S A SENIOR GOING ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. CONGRATULATIONS, AVA. 
          >> SUPERINTENDENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? 
          >> I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BUT SO PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ALL THE PREP -- HARD WORK AND LIFELONG LESSONS. 
          HOPE IT SERVES YOU WELL THROUGH CLAY COUNTY SCHOOLS IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR ALWAYS RECOGNIZING THE QUALITY SCHOOLS WE HAVE. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          >> THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT. PRINCIPAL. 
          >> AS PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BRING THEM HOME . THE THING I'M PROUD ABOUT OF ALL THE STUDENTS STANDING UP HERE AS THEY DO THE WORK IN THE CLASSROOM, ALSO. WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT ATHLETES . CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. 
          I'M SO PROUD. AVA, I'M PROUD OF YOU OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 
          AND THE GOLF TEAM. >> GROUP PICTURE? 
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          >> AS THEY ARE FILING OUT, SUPERINTENDENT SAID WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES CLAY COUNTY GREAT IS OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THOSE ARE YOUR FUTURE LEADERS. WE RECOGNIZE 
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SUPERINTENDENT , NOT ONE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, BUT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. WE LOVE SEEING HIM. DID I MISS ANY OF OUR OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS? THE UNDERSHERIFF IS HERE. OUR SHERIFF IS DOWN TONIGHT, THEY HAVE A BIG COMMUNITY CLASS , AND ENTITY CLASS ON HOW TO NOT HAVE YOUR STUFF STOLEN. HAD A MORE FORMAL NAME THAN THAT, BUT ANYWAY. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DOING THAT AS ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH MISSION OF THE DIRT ROAD AS PART OF THE HIGH REACH INITIATIVE. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANYONE ELSE I MISSED? I KNOW OUR CLERK OF COMPTROLLER IS IN TALLAHASSEE AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE PRAY FOR SAFE TRAVELS FOR HER. WE DO HAVE FORMER COMMISSIONER HIDING BACK THERE BEHIND MS. CONNIE THOMAS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE YOU . I GUESS FLEMING ISLAND BOARD MEMBER, 
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MIKE . WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON, MIKE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MINUTES OF JANUARY 14TH, 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTION ON A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS]
FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. NEXT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE AGENDA DESIGNED TO ALLOW CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATTERS OF ATTENTION TO THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DEBATE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU , SO WE TAKE AS A LISTENING SESSION. YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO ASKCLAY@CLAYCOUNTY.GOV. THOSE ADDRESSES ARE FOUND ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE CONVENIENTLY PLACED AT THE MEETING ROOM INTEREST AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK , MS. CHRISTIE, ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE DAIS. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD . I WILL NOW OPEN THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF TODAY'S MEETING. I DO HAVE SIX OR SEVEN CARDS. WE WILL CALL THOSE IN ORDER. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON -- WHICH SOME OF YOU ALREADY ARE, BUT IF YOU ARE TO SPEAK ON THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE LATER IN OUR AGENDA, YOU NEED TO SPEAK NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU WILL NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THAT TIME. I KNOW IT IS OUT OF ORDER FOR YOU, BUT IT'S THE WAY OUR AGENDA IS WRITTEN. I WILL START 
          WITH MS. CONNIE THOMAS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GO DOGS. I LOVE THAT. FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY THAT WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN FOR THE PAST , I WOULD SAY, THREE YEARS NOW THAT WE HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT. OUR COUNTY 
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GOVERNMENT HAS DONE A STELLAR JOB IN WANTING TO HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS AND HAS DONE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE YEARS SINCE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, AND WE LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS WITH US. WE TRULY FEEL IT IS A TRUE COLLABORATION. 
          WE ARE HOPING TONIGHT, AFTER WE HEAR THIS PRESENTATION , THAT MAYBE WE CAN BEGIN TO WORK ON AN OVERLAY DISTRICT . MAYBE START RESEARCHING FUNDING STREAMS FOR THAT DISTRICT . I KNOW THERE IS SOME TALK ABOUT A CRA AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES, SUCH AS THE CATHEDRAL DISTRICT THAT DIDN'T GO WITH THE CRA EITHER BECAUSE OF THE CHURCHES THERE. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAM WE CAN GO WITH. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE DISTRICT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE PARK . WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CROSSWALK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PAY CENTER FOR GIRLS TO GET ACROSS THE STREET. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO THE POND, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER AND MAYBE HAVE A CUPCAKE ONCE IN A WHILE. THAT KIND OF THING. I MET WITH EDUCATIONAL STAFF FROM THE ST. 
          JOHN RIVER KEEPERS YESTERDAY. THEY'RE LOOKING TO WANT TO INVEST FUNDS AND HELP ENHANCE THE POND TO PARK PROJECT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT SET UP SO STUDENTS CAN GO OVER AND USE IT. ONCE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT IS IN PLACE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE WIDE PATH FOR RUNNERS IN WHEELCHAIRS. WHEELCHAIRS HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING DOWN THE ROAD. 
          WE HAVE -- RIGHT THERE. IF THERE IS A DIP IN THE SIDEWALK IT'S HARD TO GET DOWN THERE. A RUNNERS PATH IS WIDE THAT WHEELCHAIRS CAN ALSO GO WOULD BE GREAT. AS YOU KNOW WE ARE THE HELPING HIGHWAY , WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET UP AND DOWN THE STREET SAFELY. AND HAVE THAT WALKWAY RUN ALL THE WAY DOWN COLLEGE DRIVE TO PEORIA , MEETING UP WITH DOCTORS LEAK WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS THING FOR MANY PEOPLE TO USE THAT PASS. 
          LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIANS AND SIGNAGE WOULD BE NEXT STEPS AS WELL. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE BROWN DEVELOP. 
          WE HAVE BOB OLSON WHO REPRESENTS THE THRASHER HONE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE. HE'S EXPRESSED THE CONCERN OF SEMI'S NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND GO IN AND OUT TO THE -- THAT WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND OTHER PROSPERITY THERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. NEXT WE HAVE NANCY MCDANIELS. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE TO BE SHORT. OKAY. NANCY MCDANIELS, 1648 SANDY HOLLOW. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF COLLEGE DRIVE, SPECIFICALLY THE LOWER END OF COLLEGE DRIVE THREE YEST HERE, TO PROTEST A SIX-STORY STORAGE UNIT TO BE BUILT IN FRONT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT NIGHT I MET SOMEBODY , THAT ONE, CONNIE THOMAS, WHO GOT ME INTO CDI. BE CAREFUL. YOU CANNOT SAY NO TO HER. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. LONG STORY SHORT, WE STOPPED THE SIX-STORY, AND A LOOPHOLE WAS CLOSED BY THIS COMMISSION SO THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THEN AND SEE MANY CHANGES THAT HAVE COME ABOUT -- SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON. THE COUNTY HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB RESPONDING TO ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP. WE'VE GOTTEN BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES ON BOARD. WE LOVE HAVING INPUT ON WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. WE SEE THE CHANGES, AND I HAVE BEEN FOR THE BETTER. DRAINAGE. DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE. WE NO LONGER FLOOD ACT COLLEGE AND OLD JENNINGS. I NEIGHBORHOOD NO LONGER FLOODS. COLLEGE DRIVE NO LONGER FLOODS. THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT OF OUR LIFE. PONDEROSA PARK, CONNIE ADJUSTED JUST A MINUTE AGO. ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. IT WAS COMMUNITY, IT WAS BUSINESS LEADERS, AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. WANAMAKER DUG IN THAT ROCK TO PLANT TREES. WE WORK TOGETHER. IT IS WORKING. LAST NIGHT MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ATTACHED WHEN WE SAW A COUPLE SITTING ON THE BENCH, ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER, WATCHING THE SUNSET. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE SPACE. THE 
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LOWER END OF COLLEGE DRIVE HAS BEEN REPAVED AND IS NOW A SMOOTH RIDE GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN. WE HAS HAD MULTIPLE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS. WE PARTICIPATE IN THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AT THE COLLEGE, AND THE COUNTY SCHOOL ART SHOW. WITH THESE EVENTS WE'VE MET MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ARE WORKING ON MAKING COLLEGE DRIVE A DESTINATION INSTEAD OF A CUT THROUGH. WE HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. I HUMBLY ASK THE VO CC TO CONTINUE MAKING COLLEGE 
          DRIVE EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE JENNY. DID I 
          PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JENNY. I AM THE OWNER OF FULL-CIRCLE COUNSELING SERVICES AND MOVED MY PRACTICE TO COLLEGE DRIVE IN 2022 -- 
          >> BRING THE MICROPHONE UP. THERE YOU GO. 
          >> GOOD? SHOULD HAVE TESTED FIRST. ALL RIGHT. 2022 I MOVED MY PRACTICE TO COLLEGE DRIVE AND THEN I JOINED THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE IN 2023 , BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SAY NO TO CONNIE THOMAS. 
          THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE HAS BEEN AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE COLLEGE DRIVE VISION PLAN HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK . THE CHANGES PROPOSED ARE FOCUSED ON BEAUTIFICATION OF THE AREA , SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS, AND AS A BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNER ON COLLEGE DRIVE, I FEEL IT WILL ONLY BENEFIT THE PROPERTY VALUE AND COMMUNITY WITH LOTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR YEARS TO COME. WE ASK THAT THIS BE LOOKED AT AS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE AREA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, JENNIFER . 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS JENNIFER, I AM REPRESENTING THE METHODIST CHURCH AT 16 COLLEGE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY SINCE 2021, WHEN I MOVED HERE WITH MY FAMILY, AND SERVED AT THE METHODIST CHURCH -- ON THE NORTH END OF THE THREE-MILE SECTION OF COLLEGE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT THREE MILES OF STREET FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. LOOKING FOR PARTNERS WHO WOULD JOIN US IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. I WILL TELL YOU WE GET SEVERAL CALLS A DAY ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE AT THE CHURCH . I KNOW FROM OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY ACCESSIBILITY IS AN ISSUE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN OUR COUNTY. I THINK WE SOMETIMES, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NO ISSUES ACCESSING THE THINGS WE NEED WE FORGET ACCESSIBILITY IS SOMETIMES AN ISSUE . ESPECIALLY WORKING FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS CENTRALLY LOCATED, AND PERHAPS EVEN ACCESSIBLE DURING BUSINESS HOURS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THAT AREA. IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SOCIAL SERVICES IN OUR COUNTY. WE CONSIDER COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE A PARTNER OF OURS, THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. THERE'S A REAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY ON COLLEGE DRIVE. WE HAVE OTHER PARTNERS, BOTH IN PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND MORE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ALONG THAT THREE-MILE CORD OR . WE FEEL WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE IS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THEY'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS , THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE NONPROFITS , THE FAITH COMMUNITIES WHO ARE THERE. 
          THEY'VE INSPIRED US TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND INSPIRED US TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT CORE DOOR. WHENEVER WE PULL OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER, OF COURSE WE CAN MAKE A GREATER IMPACT . I AM INTERESTED IN IMPROVING COLLEGE DRIVE BECAUSE I THINK IF WE ARE IMPROVING THAT AREA FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, WE ARE IMPROVING IT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON THERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM CONTINUE TO THRIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> NEXT WE HAVE MIKE. >> I DECIDED TO DRESS DOWN HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE BOARD CONSIDERING THE PLAN 
          [00:35:10]
THAT WILL BE PRESENTED HERE THIS EVENING FOR DEVELOPMENT ON OR AROUND THE COLLEGE DRIVE AREA. MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALK TO ABOUT THEIR IDEAS, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON COLLEGE DRIVE . STARTED WITH A DIALOGUE, WHICH REACHED OVER 200 PEOPLE TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS OF WHAT'S GOOD, BAD, INDIFFERENT, WHAT SHOULD BE CHANGED. OR THAN HUNDRED AND 80 PEOPLE, AT LAST COUNT, THAT I WAS INVOLVED WAYS -- WITH, ON SURVEYS WOULD TELL US WHAT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD HAPPEN ON COLLEGE TRY. YOU DON'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT IN TERMS OF PEOPLE , IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WE DID. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL NOT HAPPY ABOUT, PERHAPS, ROUNDABOUTS. I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS EITHER. IN THIS CASE IT CAN BE A VIABILITY PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF AREA YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE , THE LAND THAT WILL SET THE ROUNDABOUT, AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COST VIABILITY FACTOR IN THERE, AS WELL. THAT MAY DISQUALIFY THE IDEA. THE THOUGHT IS WE HAVE BEEN TAKING CONSIDERATIONS, SUGGESTIONS FROM PEOPLE RIGHT ALONG THE WAY. WE WOULDN'T STOP NOW. IF THOSE FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US THEY CAN CONTACT TALK -- CONNIE. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATION. THAT'S OKAY IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THE ROUNDABOUTS. AS CONNIE INDICATED, A LOT OF DOABLE THINGS , WHAT WE CALL LOW HANGING FREE TO, ZONING OVERLAYS. WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO TELL BUSINESSES WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THEIR RATHER THAN WHAT WE DON'T WANT THERE. I THINK IT'S A MUCH MORE DOABLE THING. FUNDING OF SOME KIND . CRA OR SOMETHING UP. THE MEDIANS CLEANED UP AND LANDSCAPED. 
          CERTAINLY DOABLE AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A PRIVATE CONCERN TO HELP US WITH THAT SO THAT FREES UP THE COUNTY FROM HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT. MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THERE WERE DOZENS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT GOING THROUGH. THEY ARE BACK, IN SOME CASES, THAT WERE CLEANED UP, NOW TO BE CLEANED UP AGAIN. ZONING COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL WHERE RESIDENTS ARE LIVING AND WERE COMMERCIAL HIS OWN. SIDEWALK WALKWAY AS THE COUNTY INDICATED, FROM 220 UP TO PEORIA, DOWN PEORIA TO DOCTORS LIKE WHERE THE RUNNING PATH IS. THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC MORE CONNECTIVITY. PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS FOR MORE CONNECTIVITY. AND SIGNAGE FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE POND AND PARK. LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO. EITHER WAY, IN THE CHARTER IT SAYS FORMER COMMISSIONERS GET SIX MINUTES , JUST KIDDING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU, MIKE, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU. NEXT WE HAVE NANCY 
          WALKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND MY NAME IS NANCY WALKER, I LIVE AT 397 COLLEGE DRIVE WE DID ATTEND THE MEETINGS HELD IN THE THRASHER HORN FOR THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. WE INTENDED TO ATTEND BOTH OF THEM BUT WE WERE TOLD BOTH MEETINGS WOULD BASICALLY COVER THE SAME TOPIC. 
          WE JUST ATTENDED THE FIRST ONE. I DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF ANY OTHER MEETINGS FOR COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE , BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE SUGGESTED WHEN WE DID ATTEND THAT MEETING WAS STREETLIGHTS . IT IS SO DARK ON COLLEGE DRIVE AT NIGHT , IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. ANOTHER THING WE SUGGESTED WAS A STREETLIGHT AT -- WAS IT SOUTHHAMPTON NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET . I CANNOT REMEMBER THE OTHER ONE NOW. A STREETLIGHT THERE WOULD SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC SOME, AND A STREETLIGHT IN FRONT OF THE THREE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS , BRICK BUILDINGS, TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDINGS, A STREETLIGHT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IN AND OUT THERE. SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- IS THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT? I THINK IT'S THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A UNIT IN THE COMPLEX, TOO. IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS THEY DID MENTION THE ROUNDABOUTS . ROUNDABOUTS DO NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE ON COLLEGE DRIVE BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY TRUCKS. SO MANY CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS, TRACTOR TRAILERS. WALMART DELIVERY TRUCKS. THOSE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME GOING THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE REPAVING OF COLLEGE DRIVE, THE PAVING 
          [00:40:05]
STARTED JUST BEYOND OUR HOUSE. WE DEALT WITH THAT . LET ME BACK UP A SECOND WE HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 29 YEARS . WHEN WE FIRST MOVED THERE, IT WAS TWO LANES. THEY MADE IT FOUR LANES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. IF YOU DROP IT BACK DOWN TO ONE LANE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AT RUSH HOUR, WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO THEIR JOBS, TRYING TO GET HOME FROM THEIR JOBS. SORRY, I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS. WHEN THEY DID CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROADS, THEY HAD IT BACK DOWN TO ONE LANE ON EACH SIDE. WE WERE ON COLLEGE DRIVE FOR 45 MINUTES TO TRY TO GO ONE MILE. I UNDERSTAND IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING CONSTRUCTION SO PEOPLE WERE GOING SLOWER. THAT'S NOT GOING TO IMPROVE A LOT IF IT'S JUST ONE LANE. THEY MADE IT TWO LANES FOR A REASON. THE STREETLIGHTS, ROUNDABOUTS , THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I HAD. THANK 
          YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING, YOU DID GREAT. THE LAST CARD I HAVE, BUT I WILL SEE IF ANYONE ELSE 
          WANTS TO SPEAK, IS QUINT BOWMAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON , I AM QUINT BOWMAN, I RESIDE AT 2896 COUNTRY CLUB BOULEVARD. I AM THE FOUNDER AND SENIOR PASTOR OF RETURN OF FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, WHICH STARTED IN THE THRASHER HORN CENTER, AND NOW CURRENTLY LOCATED AND WORSHIPING IN THE MERCY SUPPORT SERVICES BUILDING. HAVING MOVED HERE , JUST SHY OF SIX YEARS AGO, I AM A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL, ARMY. JUST RECENTLY RETIRED FROM -- AS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. NOW I'M GOING TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE COLLEGE INITIATIVE. I HAVE MORE TIME INSTEAD OF FLYING BACK AND FORTH TO THE NAVY YARD. I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE INTENTIONALITY WITH APPROPRIATING , THE APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND ALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. 
          HAVING BEEN THERE, GROWING A CHURCH, BEING IN THE MERCY SUPPORT SERVICES BUILDING FOR THREE YEARS, I'VE SEEN THE IMPROVEMENTS JUST IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PARK THAT IS ACROSS FROM THE SANCTUARY . 
          MENTIONED SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK PROJECT, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE SITTING OVER THERE, AND THE SPIRIT LEADS US TO GO AND SPEAK TO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE ARE THERE. THE BOOK OF JENNY WAS -- GENESIS TALKS ABOUT HOVERING OVER THE WATERS. PEACE AND TRANQUILITY THERE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE SUCH YOUNG MAN WHO WAS THERE, AND WE WERE HAVING OUR MEN'S FELLOWSHIP ON THAT SATURDAY . I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS YOUNG MAN. WHEN I GOT THERE THE WHOLE PAVEMENT WAS WET WITH HIS TEARS. HE SAID I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHERE I COULD JUST SIT AND THINK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. HE WAS LOOKING AT ENDING HIS LIFE. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT THERE AS A PLACE OF TRANQUILITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING HIM IN AND FELLOWSHIP WITH US. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO DO -- TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF PARK . IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT IS JUST SOMETHING SMALL, BUT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME BY AND SIT SOMEWHERE, THEY CAN MEDITATE, AND THINK ABOUT LIFE AND DIFFERENT THINGS . AS BEING A CHURCH THERE TO HELP WHEN NEEDED. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THE EFFORT YOU ALREADY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR , AS WE GROW HERE IN CLAY COUNTY. I'M EXCITED TO BE A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD. AFTER 41 YEARS OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN WORK , I HAD NEVER BEEN IN CLAY COUNTY, EXCEPT TO VISIT. ONE TIME FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL CONFERENCE. I AM GLAD TO BE HERE IN ON -- ORANGE PARK COUNTRY 
          CLUB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
WE WILL CLOSE OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE WILL RETURN TO OUR AGENDA . NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS THREE THROUGH 12. ANYTHING ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR 
          DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 
          NUMBER THREE. >> OKAY, ANY OTHERS? IF THERE IS 
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NOTHING ELSE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 
          12. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          [3.  Finance Business]
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION NANOSECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. ITEM NUMBER THREE. COMMISSIONER CONDON. 
          >> THE REASON I PULLED IT, ON THE PAYABLE REGISTER , THERE IS A PAYMENT TO HIGH CITY OF HIGH SPRINGS FOR $740,000 , I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT. 
          >> THE PAYMENT IS FOR A VEHICLE WE PURCHASE THAT WAS A USED VEHICLE FROM THEM. I THINK I HAVE TO SET THE STORY BEFORE THAT. THE VEHICLE TYPE IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A HEAVY RESCUE , IT IS NOT THE RESCUE UNIT YOU TYPICALLY THINK DRIVING AROUND THE COUNTY PICKING UP THE EMS CALLS. PART OF OUR RESCUE TEAM. 
          POST 9/11, THE STATE DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO FORM EIGHT URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS. AFTER THEY HAD DONE THAT THEY SAW A NEED TO EXPAND THAT CAPABILITY OUT TO OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE BEYOND THE EIGHT TEAMS THAT WERE INITIALLY BUILT. ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT WAS SELECTED FOR THAT WAS CALLED A LIGHT TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM. WE REFER TO THEM AS IT TRT. THE STATE PROVIDED MONEY TO FUND A VEHICLE THAT CAN CARRY ALL THE TOOLS OF THAT TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM. THAT TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM CAN PROVIDE EXTRA -- LIGHT ROPE RESCUE, EVERY EQUIPMENT FOR LARGE VEHICLE RESCUES INVOLVING SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND FOR BUILDING COLLAPSE PURPOSES. THEY CAN BE COMBINED WITH TEAMS TO PROVIDE AUGMENTED CAPACITY AROUND THE STATE. THAT VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED JUST AFTER 9/11, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT AN OVER 20-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IRONICALLY, IN THE PLANNING FOR THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WE PUT ASIDE MONEY TO REPLACE THAT VEHICLE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE THE VEHICLES HAVE BECOME IN THE FIRE SERVICE. WE ESTIMATED WELL OVER $1 MILLION TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE, AND WE ASSUME IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST 2 TO 3 YEARS TO HAVE THAT VEHICLE BUILT, GIVEN THE TIME FRAMES WE SEE WITH IT. 
          LUCKILY, AT ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE FINALIZING THE BUDGET , THE CITY OF HIGH SPRINGS DECIDED TO PLACE FOR SALE THEIR HEAVY RESCUE UNIT THEY BOUGHT IN 2023 , AND PUT INTO SERVICE . YOU HAD 11,000 MILES ON IT. I THINK THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THAT ON THE AD WE WENT , HOLY COW, THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY TO MAKE A PURCHASE OF THAT VEHICLE. THEY, LIKE MOST USED-CAR NEGOTIATOR AND SAID -- NEGOTIATIONS -- NEGOTIATIONS ARE PURCHASED IT FOR HIGHER THAN IT WAS. SETTLED ON $740,000. 
          SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE $1 MILLION WE BUDGETED FOR THAT VEHICLE. WE TOOK DELIVERY OF THAT IN DECEMBER, THAT PAYMENT YOU SEE IS MARKED THERE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT TRANSFER. IT IS IN GREAT WORKING ORDER BECAUSE WE SEND PEOPLE DOWN IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE SAW IT BEING ADVERTISED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. WE ARE TICKLED PINK TO BRING THAT INTO OUR FLEET. WE THINK WE MADE AN EXCEEDINGLY WIDE PURCHASE. NOT ONLY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE MONEY WE SAVED AND BEGIN THE REFURBISHING OF A WATER TANKER . 
          WE ARE ESSENTIALLY GETTING A TWO FOR ONE DEAL WITH THE MONEY WE HAD BUDGETED . WE ARE READY NOW, I THINK, TO BEGIN THE WORK TO PLACE IN SERVICE, THE HEAVY RESCUE TO REPLACE THE UNIT THAT WAS PURCHASED IN THE EARLY 2000. HOPEFULLY THAT IS A SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION OF WHERE IT IS. WITH THINK WE MADE A PRETTY GOOD DEAL ON THIS. WE DON'T NORMALLY GO FOR PURCHASE OF USED VEHICLES, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WHEN WE FIND SOME THINGS WE FIND ECONOMICAL AND THAT WE CAN PLACE INTO SERVICE. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, IN THE FUTURE, LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, WHEN AND IF WE CAN FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO GET A -- GET RID OF A, BASICALLY, WHEN-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE. 
          >> I WANT TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC. 
          EVERYTHING IS SOLVABLE WITH A SOLUTION CALLED MONEY. MONEY IS ALWAYS IN SHORT SUPPLY. WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERY AVENUE WE CAN TO BETTER SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. IF IT TAKES BUYING 
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A USED 2023 VEHICLE AT ABOUT A 50% DISCOUNT, 40% DISCOUNT, WE ARE GOING TO PURSUE THAT. I WANT TO APPLAUD THE CLAY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT, FOR NOT ONLY DOING YOUR JOB, BUT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          >> ALREADY IN OUR PAINT SCHEME. 
          >> WAS IT? >> ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I KNOW WE APPROVE THE ITEM NUMBER THREE 
          FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> I WILL SECOND. 
          [13.  College Drive Charrette Visioning Plan (B. Knighting/J. Leighton/B. Carson)]
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION NANOSECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? IT CARRIES 5-0. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR COLLEGE DRIVE VISIONING PLAN. BLAIR WITH KIM AS WELL AS JEFF. I GUESS TAG TEAMING WITH 
          CARSON. >> JUST , STAFF AT THE COUNTING. 
          I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE BLAIR FROM -- PRESENTING THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE POWERPOINT , 
          AND ALSO THE ACTUAL PLAN REPORT. >> THANK YOU, ALL. OKAY. 
          >> THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE COLLEGE DRIVE VISIONING STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST. VERY LONG NAME. ESSENTIALLY THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO GO OVER PRETTY QUICKLY . IT'S A SUMMARY OF THE ACTION REPORT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS. WE DID PRINT OUT A NEW COPY SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY COPY ON YOUR DESK NOW. WE FOUND SOME -- IT'S NEVER FINISHED, RIGHT? I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALL, FOR CHOOSING US. WE WERE PROUD OF THE EFFORT WE PUT TOGETHER. OUR TEAM IS HERE. WE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS PROJECT AND WORKED WITH STAFF. IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT FOR US. STAFF WAS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, THERE WE GO. JUST TO -- THIS IS A PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS. THIS DOES NOT ACTUALLY IN IMPLEMENTATION. WE ARE JUST PLANNING. THIS IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS ON. THIS REPORT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO WHAT I CALL CHAPTERS . THE FIRST CHAPTER IS REALLY THE STORY OF COLLEGE DRIVE, HOW WE GOT HERE. I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. THE SECOND CHAPTER IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THE TYPES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE DID. THE THIRD CHAPTER IS REALLY THE PLAN, TRYING TO TAKE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INTO HOW WE CREATED THE CHARRETTE MATERIALS. WE ALSO PROVIDED A MATRIX AT THE END. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THANK YOU. 
          OH, YOU ARE ON IT. I WILL JUST BRIEFLY, THE STORY OF COLLEGE DRIVE, THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE WAS A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE . A RESPONSE TO CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAD THE FORMS AND STEERING GROUPS. THEY ALREADY BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. THE OUTCOME, THEY HAD TEAMS THAT COME OUT , DESTINATION. COLLEGE DRIVE COULD BE A DESTINATION. 
          THEY COULD USE THE EXISTING NONPROFITS AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC EDUCATION PURPOSE. SAFETY ANESTHETICS CAME AS A THEME, AND ALSO COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY IS EXTREMELY POPULAR ON THE CORNER. IN RESPONSE TO THE COLLEGE INITIATIVES IN 2021, THE COUNTY ADOPTED RESOLUTION TO FOCUS ON COLLEGE DRIVE. THAT NEXT STEP AFTER THAT IN 2021 WAS TO HIGHER URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, WHICH IS ULI TO DO THE TOP PROGRAM. 
          TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANEL. A GROUP OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS THAT GOT TOGETHER OVER A COUPLE DAYS AND MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THEY EVALUATED COLLEGE DRIVE AND SAID, HEY, HERE IS OUR BEST GUEST -- GUESS OF WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH THIS CORRIDOR. 
          SOME OF THE STRATEGIES OR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO ESTABLISH A BRAND FOR THE CORRIDOR , IDENTIFY ROADWAY AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. SUCH AS A ROAD DIET AND ROUNDABOUTS. 
          INCOMPLETE ZONING AND LAND-USE ASSESSMENT. ESSENTIALLY IT WAS TO TAKE THE REPORT AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON 
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THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE TRIED TO TAKE ALL THE TAP RECOMMENDATIONS AND REALLY PUT IT INTO A -- GET FEEDBACK, UNDERSTAND, IS THIS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS? REALLY, THIS IS JUST A TIMELINE TO SHOW 2021 TO BEING HIRED IN 2024. PART OF THE STORY OF COLLEGE DRIVE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID A LAND-USE ANALYSIS AS PART OF THAT. WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAND-USE, THE ACTUAL LAND-USE DESIGNATION ALONG THE CORRIDOR, THE MAJORITY , 64% OF THE TOP GRAPH, IS A RESIDENTIAL LAND-USE CATEGORY. LOOK AT THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR ON THE SECOND PIE CHART , THE MAJORITY IS SINGLE-FAMILY. THE OTHER, THE 18%, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, IS MORE THE COMMERCIAL , THE BA. ESSENTIALLY IT IS A RESIDENTIAL CORE DOOR RIGHT NOW. IN TERMS OF LAND USE AND ZONING. BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE SEE IN THE FIELD, RIGHT? IT'S A VERY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, AS WELL. WE ALSO HAD A MARKET ANALYSIS CONDUCT DID. VERY LIMITED FROM OUR EXPERTS IN TERMINAL. REALLY, THEY ALSO CAME UP WITH THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHE IS THE PREDOMINANT HOUSING MARKET IN THIS AREA. ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IS COLLEGE DRIVE IS WELL POSITIONED TO CAPTURE MULTIFAMILY IN THIS CORE DOOR. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS PART OF THE MARKET ANALYSIS WAS TO HAVE THE ZONING OR LAND-USE CHANGE FOR A MORE MIXED USED CORE DOOR TO ALLOW FOR A MORE VIBRANT AREA. WE KNOW, TYPICALLY MIXED-USE BRINGS MORE PEOPLE, BRINGS THE PEDESTRIAN. THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. IT SOUNDED LIKE PEOPLE WANTED TO WALK ALONG THE CORRIDOR, ENGAGE IN THE CORE DOOR. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A ZONING OR LAND-USE THAT SUPPORTS THAT, YOU MIGHT NOT GET THERE. COMMUNITY SERVING RETAIL PRESENTS THE RIPEST OPPORTUNITY FOR NONRESIDENTIL ALONG COLLEGE DRIVE. THE VACANCY RATES ARE PRETTY LOW FOR RETAIL ALONG THIS CORE DOOR. OFFICE DEVELOPMENT IS MORE TOWARDS A MID TO LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITY, NOT SO MUCH A SHORT TERM. QUICKLY, CHAPTER 2 IN OUR REPORTS, IS MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAD A NUMBER OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE TRIED HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS PROJECT. WE HAD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH COLLEGE DRIVE NONPROFITS. WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH THRESHER HORN AND THE COLLEGE. AND ALSO THE COLLEGE DRIVE BUSINESSES. WE CONDUCTED TWO TRAN17S IN AN ONLINE SURVEY. THE NONPROFIT STAKEHOLDER MEETING, WE HAD A DECENT TURNOUT, AND WE FELT IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, A GOOD TURNOUT. WE DID A ANALYSIS. SOME OF THE STRENGTHS THE MEMBERS BROUGHT UP WAS LONGEVITY OF BUSINESSES. THEY FELT IT WAS A STRENGTH, HIGHLY USED BY GROUT. SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES WAS IT'S DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. THE U-TURNS, WE'VE HEARD A LOT. 
          THE LEFT TURNS OUT OF THRASHER-HORNE ARE HARD. 
          OPPORTUNITIES, HAVING CROSSWALKS, WE HEARD THAT TONIGHT, TOO. MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IS MORE AN OPPORTUNITY, AS WELL. SOME OF THREATS, LACK OF FUNDING. 
          EXCESSIVE CAR WASH, DRY CLEANERS. THE USES WE SEE A PROLIFERATION OF . WE HEAR THIS AT PUBLIC HEARINGS ALL THE TIME. 
          REALLY, FOR THAT ONE, I FELT IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE USE WASN'T AS PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED. THE VISION, I THINK, FOR SOME PEOPLE ON THE CORE DOOR IS TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED. WE DID HAVE A VESNA STAKEHOLDER MEETING. WE HAD A COUPLE BUSINESS OWNER SHOW UP. WE HAD ONE OF THEM VERY ADAMANT KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS. NO REASON TO CHANGE COLLEGE DRIVE. THE OTHER BUSINESS OWNER WAS TECHNICALLY A SPOUSE OF A BUSINESS OWNER BECAUSE THE REST WERE TOO BUSY. HE BASICALLY SAID THEY DO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MEDICAL USES ALONG THE CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING A TREND. WE DID HAVE A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH THRESHER HORN . I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE. THEY DO 
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THINK THE EVENTS AND ALL OF THAT GOING ON IS REALLY AN UPTICK FOR COLLEGE AND THRASHER-HORNE. THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SOME CHANGES ALONG THE CORE DOOR. ANY KIND OF CHANGES, THEY WANT TO BE THERE. 
          THEY DO THINK ANY INCREASE IN TRAFFIC MY INCREASE TRAFFIC INTO THEIR CAMPUS. THEY DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT BECAUSE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY CARS COMING IN AND OUT. THEY DON'T WANT THAT. THEY WEREN'T QUITE SURE ABOUT ADDING RESTAURANTS OR MULTIUSE PATH BECAUSE THEY SEE IT MORE AS A COMMUTER CORE DOOR. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD. AND THE VISIONING. WE HAD TWO. OCTOBER 7TH AND NOVEMBER 19TH. THE ONE ON OCTOBER 7TH, IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE HURRICANE. WE HAD TO CONTINUE ON WITH IT. WE ADVERTISE WE HAD THE FLYERS OUT. POSTED AT THE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY. WE HAD A DECENT TURNOUT BEFORE HURRICANE. WE HAD 20 PEOPLE THERE, APPROXIMATELY. WE HAD A SERIES OF STATIONS TRYING TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS , PUT THEM IN A VISUAL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND GET FEEDBACK FROM. SOME OF THE KEY POINTS WERE A LOT WANT TO SEE MORE DINING OPTIONS, AND 100% OF ATTENDEES WERE IN FAVOR OF THE ROUNDABOUT. THEY FELT THE ROUNDABOUT WAS A GOOD IDEA. A WAY TO TURN LEFT ON COLLEGE DRIVE. I DO WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ONLINE SURVEY. QUICKLY WE HAD IT OPEN FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH TO NOVEMBER 1ST. REMEMBER, WE HAD A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE WITH THIS PROJECT. YOU START, YOU HAVE TO GET MOVING. IN THE MONTH WE HAD 181 RESPONSS, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING FOR A SINGLE CORE DOOR, ONLINE RESPONSE FOR A MONTH. WE FELT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. FROM A PLANNER , IN PERSON WORKSHOPS ARE REALLY STARTING TO BE DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO COME. HAVING THESE ONLINE SURVEYS, THE SAME QUESTIONS IN PERSON REALLY HELP. I THINK YOU GET MORE RESPONSE. WE HAD 100 PEOPLE ON THE SURVEY BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR THEM. THEY CAN JUST DO THE QR CODE AND FILL IT ON THEIR PHONE AND THEY ARE DONE. THEY PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS. AND THEY CAN DO IT IN THEIR JAMMIES. WE HEARD A LOT OF VARIETY. THE QUESTIONS MIRRORED IN PERSON. YOU CAN COME IN PERSON, TAKE THE ONLINE SURVEY, OR DO BOTH. THE VISIONING TWO WAS NOVEMBER 19TH. WE HAD DOUBLE THE PARTICIPATION. THIS ONE REALLY TOOK -- WE SAID, HEY, WE HEARD THIS ONE FROM THE FIRST 17 -- CHARRETTE NOW WE DROVE DOWN THE QUESTION TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. KEEP THE SPEED AT 35 INSTEAD OF 45. THE MAJORITY DISLIKED THE ROUNDABOUT. IT WAS INTERESTING. THE FIRST CHARRETTE, EVERYONE WAS FINE . THE SECOND CHARRETTE, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE ROUNDABOUT. THE ROUNDABOUT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION. LET'S GIVE FEEDBACK. IS THIS SOMETHING THEY WANT? THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PIECE, WE THINK THERE'S MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ALONG THIS CORRIDOR BECAUSE OF THOSE POLARIZING MIXED RESPONSES. THAT'S A GENERAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT PIECE. SORRY, I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT. A LOT OF WORDS. THE THIRD CHAPTER IN YOUR REPORT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW -- I'M NOT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DEPTH BECAUSE I CAN TALK HOURS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE THREE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE FIRST. THERE WERE THREE OPPORTUNITIES OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HEARD . DID THEY WANT PROTECTED BIKEWAYS? DID THEY WANT THIS MORE SENSE OF PLACE WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE BANNERS AND THE BRANDING? BACK 
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TO THE ROUNDABOUT, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE VOTED IN PERSON THEY ALL LIKED IT. ONLINE, THE MAJORITY EITHER LIKED OR STRONGLY LIKED. 45% . 30% DISLIKED IT. ONLINE IN PERSON, PEOPLE WERE OPEN TO THE IDEA. THE REASON WE WANTED TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT, EASY WAY TO GET QUICK EASY ALONG THE CORE DOOR. WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING STEELLIKE, WHAT KIND OF WAYFINDING SO WE CAN NARROW THAT DOWN. SO WE CAN GET A SENSE OF BRANDING ON THE CORE DOOR. FOR THE SECOND CHARRETTE, WE HAD NARROWED DOWN THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO SHOW DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO GET MORE FEEDBACK ON WHAT DO YOU PREFER? DO YOU PREFER THE SHARED USE PATH, DO YOU PREFER THE LIGHTING? THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES KEEP THE SPEED LIMIT 45 . YES, THEY DO WANT A SHARED USE PATH. YES THEY LIKE THE IDEA OF STREET TREES, SITE FURNISHINGS. THE WAYFINDING, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THE WAYFINDING. THE MAJORITY OF ONLINE AND PERSON SHOWS THE GUITAR PICK LOGO WE DESIGNED. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN -- IS A GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THEY HAVE THE NICE ON MAINE. THE KIDS LOVE IT. A LITTLE SCAVENGER HUNT, PEOPLE WALK ALONG THE CORE DOOR AND LOOK FOR THESE LITTLE NICE . ALL THE BUSINESSES SUPPORTED. REALLY A COMMUNITY DRIVER, AND WE WANTED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE LIKE THAT IDEA. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THE SYMPHONY ON COLLEGE IDEA. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THE GATEWAY SIGNAGE. NO TO THE GATEWAY SIGNAGE. AND NO TO ROUNDABOUT. THAT WAS THE OTHER THING. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE CHOSE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SENSE OF PLACE WITH THE BIKE LANE, THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE, WE HEARD A LOT. IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE ALL OF THE RESPONSES, IN PERSON ONLINE. A LOT OF PEOPLE BIKE ALONG THIS POOR -- CORRIDOR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE. LIGHTING WAS A HUGE PIECE OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD. IT'S VERY DARK ON COLLEGE DRIVE. LIGHTING WAS A BIG IMPORTANT PIECE. THESE ARE SOME OF EXAMPLES OF THE CHOSEN ITEMS. FOR CHAPTER 4, WE TRY TO TAKE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK , MIXED FEEDBACK -- NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS -- WE TRY TO CONDENSE IT INTO SOME ACTION ITEMS YOU CAN DO. THESE ARE IDEAS, YOU CAN TAKE ONE, YOU CAN TAKE ALL, YOU CAN TAKE NONE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE YOU IDEAS YOU CAN USE. SOME OF THE TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS WE FELT, DOING A CRA ALONG THIS CORRIDOR WOULD MAKE SENSE. WE DID THINK ABOUT DOING A PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION. BASED ON THE CHARRETTE TWO, WE HEARD BUSINESS OWNERS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL TAXING. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. THAT'S WHY THINK A CRA WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY EXISTING TAXES . THE BOUNDARY SURVEY OF THE ENTIRE QUARTER, WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT SURVEYED BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DID IS BASED ON GIS, VERY CONCEPTUAL . IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS, WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, HOW BIG IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IS A VERY UNCERTAIN WITH? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL WITH IN THERE? AND THEN A FULL TRAFFIC STUDY, I THINK, WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO END UP DOING A ROUNDABOUT, OR END UP DOING A SIGNAL THERE AT OLD JENNINGS, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE COLLEGE AND THRASHER-HORNE , YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF VEHICLES ARE USING THIS ROAD AND AT WHAT TIMES. WHAT'S THE PEAK HOUR? ALL WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS IT'S 20,000 CARS A DAY. WHAT TIME? WHAT IS THAT? A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD BE IMPORTANT. SOME REALLY QUICK SHORT TERM BRANDING THINGS YOU COULD DO TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE WOULD BE MURALS, SCULPTURES, BENCHES, 
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TRASH CANS , WAYFINDING LANDSCAPING, THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          REGULATION BASE, WE DO RECOMMEND STAFF OR CONSULTANT LOOK INTO DOING AN OVERLAY OF MIXED-USE TYPE OVERLAY. BUT I DO CAVEAT THAT WITH LET'S DO A BUNCH OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THAT. WE REALLY NEED TO ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR , AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY INVOLVED. AND THEN SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS, LIGHTING WAS A BIG ONE. I WAS AT THE SECOND CHARRETTE, AND WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL VERY EXCITED TO BE THERE. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING THE EXISTING LIGHTING PULLS THE LIGHTING. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. THAT COULD BE A PILOT ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, TO TAKE THE EXISTING WORK. TAKE THOSE EXISTING POLES AND TURN THEM INTO STREETLIGHTS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA , SO I STOLE I. I GIVE HIM CREDIT. ALSO SEPARATORS ALONG THE BIKE LANES, THAT CAN BE A QUICK SAFETY RECOMMENDATION. 
          PAINTING THE BIKE LANES TO DISTINGUISH THAT , WE'VE HEARD FROM BIKERS IT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE. SOME MIDTERM , YOU CAN WORK WITH , IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THE SURVEY, IF YOU DECIDE TO DO A ROUNDABOUT OR ANY ROADWAY DESIGN, DESIGN IT IN THE MID TO 25 AXIS 2 TO 5 YEARS. IF THERE'S GAPS AND UTILITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, WHICH WE HAVE WE -- HEARD THERE ARE SOME GAPS. WE WORK TO FILL THOSE IN. IF YOU'RE PUSHING FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S NO UTILITIES AND MAKES IT HARDER FOR THAT USED TO GO IN . MORE COSTLY. THE LONG-TERM, UP TO 20 YEARS, DO YOU WANT THE ROUNDABOUT? DO YOU WANT THESE SHARED USE PATHS? DO YOU WANT THE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE TRAVEL LANES A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE WITH ON THE EDGES TO HAVE THAT SHARED USE PATH . THAT'S MORE OF A LONG-TERM PLAN . YOU COULD INSTALL IRRIGATION TO HAVE MORE STREET TREES BECAUSE IT IS VERY BRIGHT IN FLORIDA IN AUGUST WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ON A SIDEWALK WITH NO TREES. AND THEN MAYBE JUST COMING UP WITH INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPMENTS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO. TRY TO GIVE A COST ESTIMATE TO ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS . TAKE THOSE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE RANGES, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES, SEPARATORS. IT COULD BE 350,000 FOR THAT PAINT, AND THE SEPARATORS TO MAKE IT SAFE. REMEMBER, COLLEGE DRIVE IS 2 1/2 MILES. IT'S A LONG CORRIDOR. ESTABLISHING MAY BE A CRA COULD BE APPROXIMATELY 100,000 FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ALL OF THAT. THE SURVEY, THE TRAFFIC STUDY. WE TRY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA . IF YOU LOOK AT THE LONG TERMS, THE ROADWAY WITH THE SHARED USE PATH AND THE ROUNDABOUT , THE ROADWAY COULD BE, ESSENTIALLY, 60 MILLION, AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE ROUNDABOUT IS ADDED. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. HEY, THIS IS WHAT MY COST FOR THESE IDEAS THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT PEOPLE MAY WANT. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS YOU HAVE THIS PRETTY BIG MASSIVE FUNDING MATRIX AT THE BACK OF YOUR REPORT. WE TRIED TO REALLY LINK UP GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THOSE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS . IF YOU WANT TO DO PUBLIC ART YOU CAN DO THE OUR TOWN PROGRAM, TRY TO GET MONEY FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO. HER -- TRIED TO TAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND TRIED TO FIND FUNDING FOR THOSE. WE TRY TO DO THAT WITH THE MIDTERM IN THE LONG TERM, AS WELL. ONE OF THE SHORT-TERM FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES YOU COULD DO IF YOU WERE TRYING TO DO SOME MURALS, OR PLANTERS, YOU COULD HAVE THEM SPONSORED BY OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR , TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE, TOO. IT'S NOT THE COUNTY FOOTING THE BILL. THAT'S A LOT OF TALKING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HERE. IT'S A BIG REPORT AND A LOT OF PAGES. IT'S HARD TO SUMMARIZE A BUNCH OF WORK INTO 10 OR 15 MINUTES. I AM HERE NOW WITH QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN CALL ME LATER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. OR IF YOU 
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DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE, I AM HERE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> TALKING ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT, I'VE SEEN IT ON FACEBOOK, PEOPLE NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA. OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME ROUNDABOUTS, BUT IT'S NEW TO OUR COUNTY. OF COURSE WE HAVE ONE IN MY DISTRICT THAT IS ABOUT TO BE CONSTRUCTED . I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP THE AREA AND SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF THEY ARE JUST NOT USED TO IT AND REALLY IT'S A NEW THING, AND WE ARE ALL SCARED OF NEW THINGS. DO YOU FIND THAT AND IT'S, LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY NO, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD IDEA. THEY WILL SAY THEY DON'T WANT IT. WHAT DO YOU FIND 
          THERE? HOW DO YOU -- >> GREAT QUESTION. YES, CHANGE IS HARD FOR PEOPLE. DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATTERN IS HARD. I WILL SAY ROUNDABOUTS ARE PROVEN TO BE SAFER, THEY ARE PROVEN TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN. I THINK THAT, YES, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE A ROUNDABOUTS. IF THE COMMISSION DOESN'T LIKE THE ROUNDABOUT IDEA, I THINK INVESTIGATING A SIGNAL AT OLD JENNINGS AND COLLEGE WOULD BE GOOD. I THINK EITHER ONE WOULD BE FINE, BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE, OBVIOUSLY, MOVING TOWARDS THE ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE IT DOES KEEP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC GOING , AND IT'S 20,000 CARS A DAY. YOU WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, TOO. EDUCATION. OUR ROADWAY ENGINEER, SHE WAS SAYING THAT WHEN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AREN'T USED TO SEEING ROUNDABOUTS, THEY EDUCATE IN THE BEGINNING, AND THEY HAND OUT FLYERS. THIS IS HOW YOU USE IT. THEY SEND OUT VIDEOS OF THE SCHOOLS NEARBY FOR THE PRINCIPALS TO SHARE WITH THE KIDS. HOW TO USE THE ROUNDABOUT. THERE ARE OTHER SAFETY MEASURES YOU CAN USE . RAISED BUMPS TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS COMING . SIGNAGE HELPS, TOO. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          >> A, BLAIR, MY QUESTION IS PRIMARILY WONDERING ABOUT HOW WE FOLD INTO YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH THRASHER-HORNE. THEIR CONCERN WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LEARNING ROUNDABOUTS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO THAT. BUT MORE OF A LOGISTICAL CONCERN WITH THE BIG BOX TRUCKS. I NOTICED THE TABS HE DOES CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THE ROUNDABOUTS, BUT DID A FACTOR IN THE NATURE OF THE USE FOR YOUR OTHER 
          BUSINESS PARTNERS? >> I LOVE THAT QUESTION. ASK. 
          OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS LOOKED AT THE TOP RECOMMENDATIONS, ROUNDABOUT AND DIET. MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAID, DO NOT TAKE AWAY ELAINE ALONG COLLEGE DRIVE. YOU NEED ALL FOUR OF THOSE LANES FOR 20,000 CARS. WE AUTOMATICALLY PRACTICALLY DISMISSED THE ROAD DIET RECOMMENDATION. WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT THIS ROUNDABOUT IDEA. WE LOOKED AT OLD JENNINGS BY THE COLLEGE. WE THINK IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. WE HAD OUR EXPERT IN ATLANTA, WHO ARE ROADWAY DESIGNERS, ROUNDABOUT DESIGNERS FOR A LIVING. WITH GIS, THEY MADE IT TO WHERE THAT ROUNDABOUT THAT WE ARC -- OUR CONCEPT WILL HANDLE THE TRUCKS. THE BIG TRUCKS, THE SEMI'S. THAT ROUNDABOUT IS DESIGNED THE WAY IT IS TO HANDLE THE BIG TRUCKS. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE , BUT THAT ROUNDABOUT WE TESTED WITH OUR AUTO TURN TO 
          MAKE SURE. >> FOLLOW-UP. CAN YOU CITE AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROTOTYPE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND USED SOMEWHERE 
          ELSE? >> I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M NOT AN 
          ENGINEER. >> YEAH, WE HAVE DESIGNED -- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP. WE DESIGN MANY ROUNDABOUTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. TYPICALLY AT THE BALANCE BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE A TRUCK APRON. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. THAT SO TRUCKS CAN MOUNT THAT AND GO AROUND. WE'VE WORKED WITH CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE. WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC TRUCK DIMENSIONS WERE AND TURNING RADIUS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY NEEDED TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY THEY COULD HAVE THAT SPACE. WE DEFINITELY MODIFY IN THE DESIGN PHASE. RIGHT NOW IT IS CONCEPTUAL. THINGS CAN BE TWEAKED, AND WHATNOT. WE DID RUN A 18 WILL TRUCKS ARE THERE AND IT IS WORKING. IT'S A BALANCE 
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BETWEEN YOU WANT TO SLOW THE REGULAR VEHICLES WRITE DOWN, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TRUCK APRON FOR TRUCKS TO 
          GET THROUGH, AS WELL. >> ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT LATER ON IN THE PROCESS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING SPECIFIC TO OUR COUNTY, FIRE RESCUE IN PARTICULAR , CITING YOUR EXAMPLE. DOES THAT MEAN IN THE FUTURE , BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE ROUNDABOUT WAS CITED AS A LONG-TERM CHANGE, RIGHT? DOES THAT THEN RESTRICT DUST FROM BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THE SIZES, LET'S SAY, BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO PREDICT THE FUTURE. WHAT IN THE EVENT OF THE EXPANSION OF THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE IS NECESSARY? IS THERE ALLOWANCES FOR THAT? 
          >> WE LOOK AT WHAT EXPANDED ROUNDABOUTS COULD BE FOR AN AREA, AS WELL, AND WE CAN DO PHASED APPROACHES TO THAT , TOO. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL CONSIDER IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND 
          WORK WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS. >> DON'T LEAVE. 
          >> OH. >> I HAVE TWO POINTS OF CONFUSION, AND ONE DEALS WITH THE ROUNDABOUT. IT IS COMPETING DESIRES. HE WANTED TO BE LIKABLE, WALKABLE, AND YET WE WANT TO MOVE TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE. TO CROSS A ROUNDABOUT, I HAVE TO STOP TRAFFIC IN ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE AROUND THE CIRCLE. IT IS CONFUSING TO ME. IT SEEMS, LIKE, BOTH OF THEM CAN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH EFFICIENCY. 
          YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SACRIFICE ONE OR THE OTHER. TRAFFIC IS GOING TO HAVE TO STOP OR WALKERS ARE 
          GOING TO HAVE TO STOP. >> THERE IS A BALANCE. THERE IS ADDITIONAL SAFE -- SAFETY MEASURES FOR PEDESTRIANS WE CAN DO. THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROUNDABOUT IS DEFLECTING CARS TO SLOW THEM DOWN, AND THE DISTANCES OF THE CROSSWALKS ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A TYPICAL SIGNALED SECTION WHERE THEY HAVE TO CROSS ALL FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. THEY HAVE A SPLITTER ISLAND AND MEDIAN TO SEE WHAT BACKCROSSING WILL BE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, PEDESTRIANS, THEY ONLY HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF ONE CAR COMING VERSUS MULTIPLE TURNS THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN THE TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION. IT IS MUCH SAFER IN THAT SENSE THAT THERE'S LESS CONFLICT POINTS . SOME ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES YOU CAN DO WOULD BE TO HAVE FLASHERS TO SIGNAL TO DRIVERS. HEY, A PEDESTRIAN IS ABOUT TO CROSS. ADDITIONAL SIGNING THAT IS LIT. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF FEATURES YOU CAN ADD TO THEM TO BRING ATTENTION 
          TO PEDESTRIANS. >> I MIGHT ADD, IT'S A TEMPORARY STOP. IT MIGHT BE -- MAYBE I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN BECAUSE I'M AN ENGINEER, A ROUNDABOUT THEY MAY STOP FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, WITH THE SIGNAL THEY WOULD STOP FOR LONGER. IT HELPS KEEP THE CARS GOING. IF YOU HAVE THAT SIGNALIZED PEDESTRIAN YOU MAY BE QUICKER THAN A SIGNAL. IF THAT 
          MAKES SENSE. >> YEAH, EACH SIGNAL PHASE HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME ALLOCATED TO IT. IT IS MORE EFFICIENT IN THE SENSE THAT CARS ARE MOVING . THEY MIGHT SLOW DOWN AND STOP, THEY ARE NOT STOPPING FOR THE FULL WHATEVER THE CYCLE IS. 
          >> THANK YOU. THE SECOND POINT OF CONFUSION, I WAS NOT AT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH ST. JOHNS RIVER STATE COLLEGE. WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THAT? THAT IS SO CONTRARY TO MY THOUGHT PROCESS . 
          I HAD TO ASK YOU, HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT? 
          >> OKAY. FROM A PLANNER, I ALWAYS THINK PEOPLE WALKING, YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO STAY THERE LONGER . I THINK FOR THE COLLEGE , THEY ARE COMMUTER COLLEGE. THE KIDS COME, THEY COME TO SCHOOL, AND THEN THEY LEAVE. I THINK IN THEIR MIND THEY DIDN'T REALLY THINK THAT WAS NECESSARY. FROM A PLANNER'S PERSPECTIVE, I THINK YOU ARE HERE ON CAMPUS, I'M GOING TO GET A COFFEE. I WENT TO COLLEGE, I HAD COFFEE AT LUNCH. 
          WE WOULD ALWAYS WALK SOMEWHERE ELSE. I THINK FROM A PLANNER'S PERSPECTIVE, HAVING RESTAURANTS IN THAT AREA MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. BUT I THINK FROM THE COLLEGE THEY WERE THINKING , THIS IS A COMMUTER SCHOOL, THEY COME FROM CLASS AND THEY GO HOME. THEY ARE NOT STAYING ON CAMPUS THAT LONG. 
          >> I WORKED AT FSC YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE WERE LOOKING TO HOW WE COULD GET STUDENTS -- WHAT WORD AM I LOOKING FOR? STUDENTS TO STAY AT THE COLLEGE. I THINK THEY 
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FINALLY HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR SOME PROGRAM. THEY HAVE A DORM DOWNTOWN. WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING TO HAVE RESIDENT 
          STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. >> AND THEY DO HAVE A COPY SHOP ON CAMPUS THAT IS CENTRAL. PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALONG COLLEGE DRIVE MAY NOT USE THOSE. THOSE ARE FOR THE COLLEGE. I THINK THAT WAS THE IMPLICIT -- EMPHASIS FOR THAT. WE HAVE THAT 
          ON OUR CAMPUS, WE ARE GOOD. >> EVEN THRASHER-HORNE, WITH ENTERTAINMENT AT NIGHT, PRE-OR POST -- I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE WANTED YOU TO REES CLOSE BY. THAT'S, KIND OF, 
          STRANGE. >> YOUR ONLY CHOICES TEXAS ROADHOUSE, WHICH WE'VE DONE A LOT. 
          >> MORRIS BUTTO -- MORE IS BETTER. 
          >> MY KIDDO, WHEN HE HAD CLASSES -- YEAH, HE PROBABLY WOULD'VE 
          RATHER HAD SOMETHING ELSE. >> MORE IS BETTER, BUT IS A PLANNING TERM. IT'S NOT COMPETITION, IT'S THE MORE USES YOU HAVE PEOPLE COME , AND IT ACTUALLY HELPS BUSINESS , IT'S 
          PROVEN. >> DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          >> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE. THE PUBLIC AT LARGE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HOURS YOU PUT IN . MOST OF YOU ARE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. YOU ARE TALKING FOR FIVE YEARS THIS PLAN HAS BEEN GOING ON. I APPRECIATE YOUR IMPACT TO HAVE HAPPENED OFF OF COLLEGE  - DRIVE. VERY INTERESTED TO SEE THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. I KNOW I MENTIONED A FEW TIMES WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT GROWING PAINS WITH DETOURS AND SOME OTHER THINGS, WHICH MAY SKEW SOME DATA, A LITTLE BIT, AS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHEN THE BELTWAY OPENS, HOW THAT ALLEVIATES CONGESTION IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT, POTENTIALLY, PEOPLE TRAVELING COULD BE ALLEVIATED A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OF THE NEW TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES. IT WILL BE INTERESTING THERE. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE AND THRASHER-HORNE IS VITAL. I THINK EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT. FOR ME, THAT IS WERE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COLLEGE AND WORK WITH THRASHER-HORNE, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ACTS THEY ARE BRINGING IN, GOES HAND IN HAND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR A TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX OPPORTUNITY. AS FAR AS GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO CLAY COUNTY . THAT'S IMPORTANT. ONCE THE FUNDING PLAN, IF -- IF A FUNDING PLAN WERE TO COME INTO PLAY, I'M A BIG FAN OF A SHARED USE PATHS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON COLLEGE DRIVE, WHETHER THAT'S THE SCHOOL ZONE AREAS, OR THE COLLEGE STUDENTS, OR JUST RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, THAT SHARED USE PATHS COLD B GOOD THING. THE BETTER PART FOR ME IS NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, BUT THE COUNTY AT LARGE. LOOK AT ALL THE SHARED USE PATHS WE HAVE IN CLAY COUNTY, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE THERE, DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T USE IT . WHICH I THINK COULD BE REALLY COOL. I LIKE THE IDEA OF CONNECTING 2.LAKE DRIVE. 
          SUGGEST, IF YOU COULD, TAKE SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEEK , FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK OPTIONS OF FUNDING STREAM SO WE CAN ALL DISCUSS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. OF POTENTIAL FUNDING STREAMS. ALSO, A COUPLE OPTIONS OF OVERLAYS , OF WHAT PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE OVERLAYS , AND THE LAST THING IS, THE PARK MAIMING , I THINK, IS A GREAT IDEA. I WOULD DEFER TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, IT'S A COOL PARK, POND , KIND OF THING, BUT DOES GET A LOT OF USE. YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTS. THANK 
          YOU. >> THE ONLY THING WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU IS A CANNOT BE THE CONNIE THOMAS PARK BECAUSE WE DON'T NAME THINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ANYMORE. WE CAN'T. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE NOW THAT SAYS WE WON'T NAME THINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ANYMORE. YEAH. 
          NOT THAT WE WISH YOU ANY ILL WILL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR 
          COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> STAFF DIRECTION HERE? 
          >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION, YOU'RE WELCOME 
          TO, COMMISSIONER CONDON. >> I HAVE SOME COMMENTS. GREAT JOB ON THE PRODUCTION HERE. WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING . THE 
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DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS AS PER I WILL JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS. 
          STREETLIGHTS. EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY WANTS STREETLIGHTS. WE HAVE NO STREETLIGHTS IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE DOCTORS LAKE BIKE PATHS, WE HAVE STREETLIGHTS IN THE TOWN OF ORANGE PARK. WE PAY FOR THOSE. AS SOON AS THE TOWN ENDS, STREETLIGHT ENDS. BUT NONETHELESS, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. SOMETHING THAT IS COMING. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, AND HOW WE DO IT . SHARED USE PATHS, I TALKED ABOUT THAT . THAT'S THE GO. BUT THE ROAD DIETS, I THINK WE WILL FAIL MISERABLY IN THAT REGARD, DUE TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY WE SHOULD DO BEFORE WE GO FURTHER MIXED-USE OVERLAY, WE NEED SOMETHING. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. MIXED-USE OVERLAY , TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO THERE. I TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC STUDY. LONG STORY SHORT, YOU MADE -- KIMBERLY HORN HAS MADE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, AND PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE I SEE IS DEVELOPMENT -- WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, THE $2.7 MILLION. WHO IS DONATING THAT? WITH A CRA, THERE IS A FUNDING SOURCE. IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO -- IF IT IS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED, IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO FUND A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS. I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR WITH A CRA. TRAFFIC STUDY, I TALKED ABOUT THAT. SURVEY, THE ACTUAL SURVEY OF PROPERTIES. WE NEED THAT. CONTRACTING WITH A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES. THAT TYPE . I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WE NEED HELP TO DO IT . ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF FUNDING, WE WOULD LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. 
          AND WE NEED GUIDANCE. THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT, CRA IS 30 TO 50 YEARS, I THINK, IS WHAT IS THE FORECAST. THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT. CRA, TO ME, SEEMS IT'S THE RIGHT VEHICLE TO FIT THIS PROJECT. THAT'S MY COMMENT. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR STAFF? 
          >> MADAM CHAIR, ONE MUST COMMENT I LEFT OFF. I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CONDON. I AM ALSO NOT IN FAVOR OF A ROUNDABOUT. 
          UNLESS, ONCE AGAIN , PART OF OUR JOBS ON THIS COMMISSION IS TO LOOK NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. I THINK THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO WITH THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE GOING TO OPEN, THINGS MAY CHANGE ON COLLEGE DRIVE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE IN FAVOR OF A ROUNDABOUT, AT ALL. 
          >> I THINK THE ONLY OTHER COMMENTS I WOULD ADD IS, I AGREE WITH YOU ON LIGHTING. THAT'S WHY I PROPOSED THAT WE ASK THE TPO TO DO A LIGHTING STUDY FOR US. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME BACK TO US WITH SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT STUDY , BUT THAT COULD GIVE US SOME OPTIONS AND IDEAS. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TO THE PUBLIC IS, I KNOW I ALSO SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LOTS OF DISCUSSION ON THIS AND HUBBUB. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOW END OF THE COST ESTIMATES, WE ARE UP OVER $20 MILLION , KIND OF, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM HERE. THIS IS NOT ON ANY OF OUR CURRENT PLANS. TO COME UP WITH $20 MILLION IS A HEAVY LIFT. WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS. I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD PANIC. THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT THE ROUNDABOUT, OR NOT ROUNDABOUT, ANY OF THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON. IT'S NOT ON. FRANKLY IT'S NOT ON OUR CIP. WE HAVE TO DO THIS THINGS ON OUR CIP. IF YOU WATCHED OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT ROADS WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE, UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW. OR 
          [01:35:02]
FORTUNATELY, FOR YOU, WHICHEVER SIDE YOU ARE ON OF THE ARGUMENT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID THERE. I THINK A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD GIVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION. THE FINAL THING I WILL SAY, OVER 20 YEARS AGO, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PASSED A CLAY HILL OVERLAY FOR 2014 THAT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. IN FACT, THEY -- WE WERE UNABLE TO STOP A DOLLAR GENERAL FROM COMING IN BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD THE ZONING AND LAND USE, SO THEY DIDN'T NEED TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE PUBLIC SAYS IT'S THE NICEST DOLLAR GENERAL BECAUSE OF THE OVERLAY. THE FACADE OF IT MATTERS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RESIDENTS SAY IT'S THE NICEST THING CLAY COUNTY. YOU CAN BE THE JUDGE IF YOU SHOP AT DOLLAR GENERAL. 
          >> WE HAVE A NICE ONE IN -- >> OH, OKAY. I WON'T ARGUE WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A COMPETITION ON THE NICEST DOLLAR GENERAL'S, BUT WE COULD -- ANY OTHERS? THANK YOU TO THE KIMLEY 
          [14.  FY25-26 State Appropriation Project Forms and Palm Card (M. Covey/C. Latham)]
HORN TEAM AND THE COLLEGE DRIVE FOLKS. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU ARE ON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PUBLIC INPUT. ALL RIGHT, MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 14. OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. 
          >> OKAY, MADAM CHAIR, CHARLIE IS MAKING HIS WAY UP HERE. OH, MEGAN. YEAH, COME ON UP, MEGAN, TOO, PLEASE. IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED CARD. A PRINT OUT. I BELIEVE JUDY WILL PRESENT ONE TO THE PUBLIC ELECTRONICALLY. IN THE BACKUP DATA. WITH THAT THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON HERE. ONE TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE AND HOUSE APPROPRIATION FORMS , AND FILLING THOSE OUT, AS MERCER SAID BEFORE, THEY ARE DUE ON THE 14TH. THE CARD ATTACHED, LOOKING TO -- FOR APPROVAL OF THAT. 
          WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MADAM CHAIR, WILL TURN IT OVER TO 
          CHARLIE FIRST. >> THANK YOU, SIR, MADAM CHAIR. 
          COMMISSIONERS. ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER. TALKING ABOUT OUR SUBMISSIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES , AND ALSO THE APPROPRIATION REQUEST . MEGAN HAS BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH MERCER AND THE LEGISLATORS TO GET THE OFFICIAL WORK BASED OFF OUR DISCUSSIONS IN THE LAST MEETING. WHAT WE ARE SHOWING UP HERE IS -- YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN YOUR BINDERS, YOUR BACKUP. A SOFT IMAGE, AS WELL. BEAUTIFUL CARD, BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OVER CLAY COUNTY. IT IS HARD TO READ FOR THE AUDIENCE WITH THE WHITE LETTERS, BUT WE ARE LISTING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. TO MONITOR CHANGES IN FRS. NO EXPANSION IN PERMISSIBLE USES . 
          MONITOR SOLAR POWER ON OUR CULTURE LAND AND SUPPORT HOME RULE. AS FAR AS THE APPROPRIATION REQUEST ARE CONCERNED, THE BACKSIDE OF THE PALM CARD , NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX . REQUESTING $2 MILLION FOR SITE PLAN AND FOR STAGE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN. ALSO REQUESTING $750,000 FOR TRAILS AND ELEVATED BOARDWALK. 250,000 FOR DESIGN AND 1.2 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLAY COUNTY ARCHIVES AND DESIGN CONSTRUCTION. 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN MOVING TO -- WE'VE HAD THIS APPROVED FOR 10 YEARS BUT WE ARE ASKING THEM TO MOVE IT UP TO FISCAL YEAR '26. $2.5 MILLION -- SORRY, 217 BRIDGE. 
          ORANGE PARK SENIOR CENTER, 750,000. AND THEN LAKE REGISTRATION -- RESTORATION FOR KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION WE WILL MOVE FORWARD GETTING THESE CARDS PRINTED AND HAVE THEM PREPARED TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND LEAVE SOMETHING FOR US TO REMEMBER US BY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY 
          QUESTIONS? >> COMMISSIONER CONDON? 
          >> I'M SORRY TO BRING THIS UP. SOLAR POWER AND AGRICULTURAL LAND IS NOT CLEAR TO ME. WHAT DID WE PROPOSE? THERE'S NO 
          [01:40:01]
ACTION WORDS THERE. SUPPORTS, DON'T SUPPORT? 
          >> MAINLY, WELL, MERCER, BASICALLY TOLD US, OUR LOBBYISTS TOLD US BASICALLY TO LEAVE IT GENERIC THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT AND LET THEM WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THE SOLAR POWER IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT . WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE IT -- A PRETTY SUBTLE CHANGE TO IT. 
          >> I WILL DEFER TO MERCER. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE'VE TAKEN POSITION , THAT WE ARE PROPOSING MORE, PROPOSING LESS. 
          >> MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY. USE THE ONE WORD LIMITS. LIMIT SOLAR POWER ON AGRICULTURE. I THINK IT WILL MAKE THE INTENDED 
          DIRECTION. >> I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD 
          WANT TO SAY . YEP. >> PERFECT. 
          >> WE DON'T KNOW. I AM EXPECTING THAT , POSSIBLY, THE SENATOR WILL DRAFT A BILL. INDICATED AT SOME OF THE DELEGATION MEETINGS. HER AREA , JURISDICTION -- HER SENATE DISTRICT. HER SENATE DISTRICT GOES OVER TO GILCHRIST COUNTY. 
          THIS IS A HUGE DEAL IN GILCHREST COUNTY MORE SO THAN IN CLAY. 
          WELL IT'S A BIG PROBLEM FOR US, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM IN A SMALLER COUNTY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP IS BY THE LEGISLATURE MAKING A SWEEPING CHANGE TO WHERE SOLAR POWER IS ALLOWED ON ANY AGRICULTURAL WOUND -- LAND. THEY TOOK AWAY NOT ONLY THE VOTE BUT TOOK AWAY THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. THAT'S THE BIGGER CONCERN. HOW TO MATCH THAT UP . 
          WE FULLY EXPECT THE LOBBY OF FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND SOME OF THE OTHER BIG SOLAR COMPANIES TO BE IN FULL FORCE IN TALLAHASSEE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW , SOME KIND OF LOCAL VOICE, LOCAL INPUT THERE . CERTAINLY, YOU 
          KNOW -- >> SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. 
          >> I AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE THERE. YEAH. THE OTHER ONE I THOUGHT WE SHOULD PUT A LITTLE A FEW MORE WORDS ON IT IS FOR LIKE RESTORATION FOR KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, SPECIFICALLY THE LAKE GENEVA RESTORATION PROJECT. BY THE TIME, I THINK , WE FILE THAT PERMIT IN THE NEXT MONTH, OR SO. 
          PERMIT APPLICATION. WE WILL KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT. MAY BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW THE REQUEST IF THE PROJECT COMES IN WHERE WE THINK IT WILL COME IN. THAT IS A SPECIFIC PROJECT. DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THAT THEY WANTED TO COMMENT ON? 
          >> IF WE MADE THE CHANGE TO LIMIT ON THE SOLAR POWER AND AGRICULTURAL AN -- LANDS, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING? 
          >> I THINK THAT'S THE DESIRE. AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES SECRETARY -- SENATOR BRADLEY HAS EXPRESSED -- THE COUNTIES I KNOW ARE EXPRESSING THAT TYPE OF CONCERN. YOU CAN READ INTO THE WORD LIMIT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. LET US DECIDE YOUR CONTROL. I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I SAID, SEE WHAT MERCER SAYS. SEE 
          WHAT MERCER SAYS ABOUT LIMITS. >> OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, 
          CONCERNS. >> DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS. 
          >> YES, MA'AM. THE MAIN ONE WOULD BE GIVING THE APPROVAL TO SIGN THESE APPROPRIATION FORMS. THEY ARE PRETTY DETAILED . 
          >> MOVE APPROVAL FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SIGN THE 
          APPROPRIATIONS FORM. >> DOES YOUR APPROVAL , YOUR 
          MOTION INCLUDE THE PALM CARD? >> APPROVE THE PALM CARD WITH THE ADDITION OF LIMIT, PREDICATED ON MERCER'S APPROVAL 
          OR CONCURRENCE. >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION I HEARD CHARLIE SAID, HE WROTE IT DOWN. 
          MEGAN FIERCELY TYPED, SO I'M GUESSING IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. THE PUBLIC WILL NOTICE WE HAVE 
          [01:45:11]
NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. WE WENT PAST OUR 5:00 BECAUSE WE HAD NO 5:00 TIMES EARNINGS. JUST HAPPEN THE WAY OUR AGENDA FELL. 
          [15.  Discussion of Appointment to the Clay County Historic Preservation Board]
IT IS NICE TO BE AT OUR LETTERS FRACTION. A RARE TIME IN OUR MEETINGS. ITEM NUMBER 15, DISCUSSION OF THE APPOINTMENT TO THE CLAY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM TERRY KNIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO THE DISTRICT TO VACANCY ON THE BOARD. WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM . THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR DISTRICT AND LIVES IN YOUR DISTRICT ON TIMES BOULEVARD. HE AND I PLAYED PHONE TAG. HE'S A NICE YOUNG MAN. HE'S YOUNG. HE SOUNDS YOUNG ON THE PHONE. I DIDN'T ASK HIM HOW OLD HE IS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. ANYWAY. OVER 18, I SHOULD SAY. 
          HE WAS WORKING, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION. WORKS IN THE HEATING AND EATING -- AIR CONDITIONING BUSINESS. ALMOST FINISHED A FINANCE DEGREE AT U.N. F . SEEMS LIKE I'M -- A NICE YOUNG MAN. HE'S HAD WORK IN CEMETERIES, LAWN MAINTENANCE, THE KIND OF THING. HAS A PASSION FOR PROTECT THING THINGS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. DID ANYONE ELSE CALL AND TALK TO HIM OR ANYTHING? ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ? 
          >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION WIESE -- WE ACCEPT TERRY KNIGHT APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          [16.  JTA Extension Letter (T. Nagle)]
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES, 4-1. JTA 
          EXTENSION LETTER , TROY. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. 
          FOR YOU IS A LETTER FROM JTA, REQUESTING A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION TO THE CTC APPLICATION. TRADITIONALLY WE ARE DUE AT FIVE YEAR INTERVALS. IT IS DUE IN JUNE FOR THE FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL INTERVIEW . DUE TO RECENT CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATION -- INSTEAD OF EXTENDING FOR FULL FIVE YEARS WE ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR. LET US EVALUATE THEIR PERFORMANCE, GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD ISSUES WITH, AND IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT MOVE TOWARDS A RFP EXTENSION THROUGH THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A LETTER THEY SUBMITTED THROUGH THE REGIONAL COUNCIL TO US SAYING THEY WOULD ACCEPT A ONE-YEAR DOING A ONE-YEAR VERSUS PUTTING 
          IT OUT FOR FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL. >> QUESTIONS FOR TROY? COMMENTS. 
          I WILL SAY FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COMMITTEE STANDPOINT, WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS ONE YEAR VERSUS THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AS A BOARD. NOT THIS BOARD. THE TB BOARD. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE TO TAKE ACTION. I WILL ENTERTAIN A 
          MOTION TO APPROVE THE LETTER. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO 
          APPROVE THE LETTER. >> SECOND MOTION. 
          [17.  Bid Opening Tabulations (K. Smith)]
          >> MOTION IN THE SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE . THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. THANK YOU. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BID OPENING 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS]
TABULATIONS, WHICH TELLS ME OUR NEXT AGENDA WILL BE A LITTLE FULLER THAN THIS ONE. BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE ARE NOW TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I HAVE ONE CARD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, YOU ARE 
          WELCOME TO. MR. AUTO. >> YES MA'AM, SACKS TOYS IN CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, -- I WASN'T GOING TO COME TONIGHT UNTIL I HEARD WHAT MIKE SAID EARLIER TODAY. EMAIL ADDRESS IS -- THE SIX MINUTE ME AND WANTED DOUBLE , THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, EIGHT YEARS. YOU CAN TELL BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY DON'T HAVE THIS. 
          DON'T HAVE THAT THE FIRE -- THE FIRE DEPARTMENT . WERE NOT 
          [01:50:04]
PAYING THEM ENOUGH. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. EVERYTHING DOWN THE ROAD. OVERBUILDING 220. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE, DEAL WITH IT. YOU DIDN'T PAY THE IMPACT FEES. SAID YOU LOST $60 MILLION IN IMPACT FEES. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE . MIKE COME UP HERE AND SAID, I AM JUST REALLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT WHAT I HEARD TODAY. TURNED AROUND AND GAVE IT TO THE CHURCHES. CHURCHES LOCK THE DOORS, DON'T LET THE HOMELESS IN. THE LEGISLATION IS SLEEP IN PUBLIC WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT. PEOPLE ARE ABUSED OR SOMETHING. THEY HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN THE WOODS AND UNDERNEATH THE -- THAT 20+ MILLION FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER SHOULD BE GOING TO USE HUMAN SHELTER. THIS IS ABSURD WHAT'S GOING ON. FLEMING ISLAND WAS RATED ONE OF THE WORST, IF NOT THE WORST ROUNDABOUTS . THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO DO IT THAT WAY. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THESE PEOPLE DON'T WANT AROUND ABOUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. RIGHT THERE BY THE LIBRARY, THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT LIKE THAT. JUST ONE MESS AFTER ANOTHER. YOU KNOW. 
          THE JAIL, I MEAN, THEY FALSELY ARRESTED ME FOR ARSON AND NEVER GAVE ME THE MONEY BACK THAT THEY TOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FEES THEY HAD WHY DOESN'T THE JAIL DO THAT? THEY NEED TO START DOING THAT IF THAT CHARGERS ARE THROWN OUT. THEY NEED TO SEND THAT PERSON THE MONEY BACK, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR INFORMATION. 
          IT'S CRAZY. IF I HAD MY PINK SHIRT AND MY COVERALLS AND THE TRUCK I WOULD BE WARM TONIGHT. THE SIX MINUTE MAN WANTS DOUBLE. 
          I WATCHED IT FOR EIGHT YEARS AS THIS COUNTY SUFFERS. THE PEOPLE THAT USED TO LIVE HERE, WHAT ARE THEY LIVING IN NOW? THEY DIDN'T 
          WANT THIS . >> THANK YOU, MR. AUTO. WE'VE DOUBLED YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 
          >> IT'S NOT RIGHT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
          LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. >> ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO 
          [18.  Audit Notifications]
SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO MORE, I WILL COME TO THE COMMISSIONER . -- COMMISSIONER AUDITOR. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT I HAVE TWO AUDIT NOTIFICATION MEMOS. 
          THE FIRST ONE, OF THE MANAGEMENT AUDIT I KICKED OFF LAST WEEK ON JANUARY 21ST . THIS AUDIT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT , INCLUDING VEHICLE REPLACEMENT AND DISPOSAL . VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. ALSO, MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE RECORDS. 
          THE SECOND AUDIT I HAVE A NOTIFICATION ON IS FOR THE I.T. 
          SYSTEM ACCESS AUDITS. THIS ONE WILL BE KICKED OFF NEXT WEEK ON THE SIXTH OF FEBRUARY. THIS ONE IS AGAIN TO GO OVER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT REGARDING SYSTEM ACCESS . THIS IS GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW EMPLOYEES GET GRANTED ACCESS, HOW ACCESS IS GETTING REMOVED WHEN THE EMPLOYEES GET ON BOARDED, WHEN THEY LEAVE THE COUNTY, ALSO WHEN THEY MOVE ROLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I'M ALSO GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SELECTION OF ACCESS FOR SOME OF OUR SYSTEMSTHAT WE HAVE , AND THEN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT ANY ONGOING REVIEWS OF ACCESS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF 
          THOSE? >> ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> WHEN DOES THE I.T. AUDIT BEGIN? 
          >> I'M TAKING THAT ONE OFF NEXT WEEK ON THE SIXTH. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. 
          >> THIS MIGHT BE A NEWBIE QUESTION. THE FLEET AUDIT, IS THAT ONLY COUNTY VEHICLES, OR DOES THAT INCLUDE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT? STILL CONSTITUTES COUNTY 
          [01:55:02]
          VEHICLES? >> THAT WILL BE DETERMINED DURING PLANNING. WHEN I KICKED IT OFF LAST WEEK, THAT KICKED OFF PLANNING. WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH THE TEAM TO PUT THE SCOPE AROUND THAT. I ACTUALLY HAD THE QUESTION ON MY LIST FOR THEM TO TALK THROUGH. TBD ON 
          THAT. >> THANKS. 
          >> I WOULD IMAGINE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEFINITELY . 
          >> THEY ARE SHAKING THEIR HEAD YES, NO. YES. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THAT WAS A GOOD 
          [19.  Appointment of County Representative for Special Magistrate Mediation in Petition brought pursuant to FS Section 70.51 re: PUD 24-0006 Fleming Island Preserve]
QUESTION. DON'T FEEL THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> COUNTY ATTORNEY. 
          >> YES, THE LAST BOARD MEETING I HAD REPORTED ON THE PETITION WE RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FLEMING ISLAND PRESERVE MATTER. 
          SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE MET AND SELECTED A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AND ALSO HAD A SCHEDULING COME -- CONFERENCE WITH THE METRO TO. 
          UNDER THE STATUTORY PROCEDURE, IN ADDITION TO SETTING THE HEARING BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS ALSO DIRECTED TO WORK WITH MEDIATION. IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEDIATION, HOWARD AND I WILL BE APPEARING , BUT WE ALSO FELT WE SHOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BOARD THAT WOULD ATTEND WITH US, AS WELL. SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THROW THAT OUT TO THE BOARD TO SEE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, AND WHO THAT WOULD BE. 
          >> ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MEDIATION ARE BINDING OR 
          NONBINDING? >> NONBINDING, WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. HOWEVER ATTENDED WITH US, IF WE WERE ABLE TO REACH A SETTLEMENT, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL. EVEN RESPECT TO THE HEARING. THE HEARING IS SET FOR APRIL 1ST, AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WILL BE HERE IN THE BOARDROOM , IF IT DOESN'T GET RESOLVED AT THE MEDIATION. EVEN AT THAT HEARING, THE MEDIATOR -- THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WILL COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COME BACK TO THE BOARD. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> I'VE GOT A QUESTION. THAT REPRESENTATIVE IS ESSENTIALLY THERE TO LISTEN ON THE COUNTY 
          SIDE, CORRECT? >> LISTEN, INQUIRE. WITH HOWARD AND I TO SUPPORT RESPONDING TO THE MEDIATOR, COMING UP WITH IDEAS IN CONNECTION TO POTENTIAL RESOLUTION. 
          >> MY THOUGHT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER RENNINGER BECAUSE IT'S HIS DISTRICT . I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I ASKED COURTNEY AND HOWARD PUT THIS ON OUR AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT. THE REASON I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS ONE, TRANSPARENCY, OBVIOUSLY TO THE PUBLIC, BUT TWO, IS, I DON'T KNOW THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE WILL DENY A REQUEST THAT HAS COME BEFORE US, AND THIS IS THEIR AVENUE TO CHALLENGE A REQUEST WE HAVE DECIDED ON. I DON'T KNOW , SEEMS TO ME, LIKE, IF THERE WERE A CHALLENGE IN ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS , TO MY RIGHT AND TO MY LEFT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS -- SET UP RESIDENTS, WE HAVE A PERSON THAT IS THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE THERE, IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD. NOT SURE IF IT WOULD REALLY COME TO YOU, YOUR DISTRICT MUCH, ALTHOUGH REDEVELOPMENT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME UP. 
          >> HIS DISTRICT, SO. >> ANYTHING ELSE? DID YOU HAVE 
          ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? >> TO THAT CONVERSATION? 
          >> YEAH. >> NO, I AGREE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE -- AND THEN -- 
          >> IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO THE APRIL 1ST DATE? 
          >> SO THE -- NOT REALLY EXCEPT FOR JUST FROM A PLANNING TIME. 
          UNDER THE STATUTE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE NOTICE, AND IT WAS A 
          [COUNTY MANAGER]
DATE THAT WORKED ON EVERYBODY'S CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING 
          ELSE, COUNTY ATTORNEY? >> NOTHING. 
          >> OKAY, COUNTY MANAGER? >> MADAME CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, TWO ITEMS FOR YOU THIS EVENING. ONE I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY'S FLEXIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING LAST WEEK DURING THE COLD AND POSSIBLY SNOWY DAY THAT HAPPENED OUT THERE. I WANT TO REALLY CALL OUT MERCY MANAGEMENT, TIM AND HIS STAFF, PUBLIC SAFETY, CHIEF MOCK, CHIEF 
          [02:00:05]
MOAKES, HAVING THE PLAN THERE IN CASE THE BRIDGES DID FREEZE OVER. YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY CALL TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN PUB LYRIC WORKS, ERIC AND HIS STAFF READY -- AT THE READY TO TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER NEEDED TO GO ON OUT THERE. I'LL ADD IN RICHARD AND SIGNALS, WE'RE EXPECTING DOWNED POWER LINES AND ALL OF THAT. WE WERE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE IT DID GET VERY, VERY CHILLY, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BY THE STAFF. I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM. THAT MAKES WHAT WE ARE A GREAT COUNTY OUT OF 67. MY OTHER COMMENT IS, AND THIS IS A DEVELOPING THING THAT'S HAPPENING, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THAT THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET RELEASED A MEMO TO ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES TITLED TEMPORARY PAUSE OF AGENCY GRANT, LOAN, AND OTHER FINANCIAL SYSTEM PROGRAMS. IT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF ABOUT AN HOUR AGO TODAY. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT OUR GRANTS AND OMB -- OUR OWN OMB DEPARTMENT ARE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS THAT THIS WOULD HAVE ON US. DELAYS, EITHER SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM, WITH THAT. BUT WE JUST NOTICED THAT A FEDERAL JUDGE PAUSED THE PRESIDENT'S TEMPORARY FEDERAL FREEZE ON GRANTS AND LOANS, SO STANDBY. BUT KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET. WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THESE GRANTS ARE FUNDING FOR US AND HOW THAT IMPACT WOULD BE TO US FINANCIALLY. PENDING ANY 
          QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER? YEAH, THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'M NOT REALLY SURE THEY FULLY HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH THOSE CONSEQUENCES. OR 
          THAT THEY REALLY CARE. GO AHEAD. >> WE GET A LOT OF FLOW THROUGH MONEY, FEDERAL MONEY THROUGH THE STATE TO US AND TO NONPROFITS AS WELL. AND THAT COULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY RESERVE, BUT I'M NOT SURE A LOT OF NONPROFITS HAVE THAT KIND OF HEALTHY RESERVE. 
          >> I JUST THINK ABOUT ROAD PROJECTS ALONE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT -- SOME THAT ARE TIED UP WITH GRANTS. AND THINGS THAT ARE FEDERAL MONEY COMING THROUGH STATE. A BIG DEAL. ALL RIGHT, 
          [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
          ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? >> NO, MA'AM. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER? WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ERIC ANDERSON FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AGAIN, STICKING WITH US TO THE BITTER END. BUT AT YOUR PLACE WAS BOARD MEETING SUMMARY FROM OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. EXCUSE ME. BUT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BACK PAGE. IN OUR WORK PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE REGION, SOUTHERN COUNTY REGION, AND IF YOU READ THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, SAINT JOHNS HAD A PROBLEM WITH WASTE CONTROL. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WASTE CONTROL. AND THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE ALSO. AND IT'S A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE, IT'S A PROBLEM FLORIDAWIDE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          SECOND THING I HAVE, WISH MR. BRODSKY WAS HERE, BUT I ATTENDED THE APPLE AWARDS. IT WAS PUT ON BY THE CLAY EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS AMANDA WATSON, YOU KNOW, AND THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR WAS MISTY MASSIE, BUT WHAT WAS MORE IMPRESSIVE WAS -- I JUST ANNOUNCED THE TWO TOP, BUT IT'S THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION. EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION AND THE ENTHUSIASM AT THE CEREMONY WAS PHENOMENAL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. ONE OF THEM GOT A BRAND NEW CAR FROM -- YEAH, FROM WHO? GARBER, GARBER AUTOMOBILE. SATURDAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A DEBATE COMPETITION OVER AT JU. IT WAS CALLED INCUBATE. PROBABLY 30 YOUNG STUDENTS. JUNIORS, SENIORS, SOPHOMORES. AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME CLAY COUNTY COMPETITORS IN THAT COMPETITION. THESE STUDENTS -- THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, OKAY? SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT KEYSTONE GUY DID A REAL GOOD JOB I THOUGHT TOO. LET'S SEE. 
          NUMBER FOUR, RIBBON CUTTING. THIS MORNING WE ATTENDED, COUNTY MANAGER AND MYSELF, ATTENDED THE FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD 
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COUNTERDRUG HEADQUARTERS RIBBON CUTTING. BUT I WAS REFLECTING ON THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THE COUNTY SPENDS IN THE COUNTERNARCOTIC ARENA. WE'VE GOT FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD, WE'VE GOT EVERY ORGANIZED SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND YET WE HAVE AN OPEN BORDER WHERE THEY'RE JUST WALKING IT THROUGH. I MEAN, WE HAVE ASSETS ALL OVER THE WORLD LOOKING FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS. AND YET THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH. THEY WERE WALKING THROUGH THE BORDER. SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE LOGIC OF ALL THAT. ON A GOOD NOTE, THIS WEEKEND WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT THE CLAY COUNTY VETERAN'S COUNCIL WAS MADE AWARE OF AN 80-YEAR-OLD VETERAN WHO WAS LIVING IN HIS CAR. AND HIS CAR WAS BROKEN. SO THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KEEP IT ANY ONE PLACE FOR LONG BEFORE THEY HAUL IT AWAY. SO WE, THROUGH THE VETERANS COUNCIL, WE ARRANGED A REPAIR, MERCY AUTO SERVICES. THAT PRESENTS ANOTHER PROBLEM. HE'S LIVING IN THE CAR. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM LIVE IN THE CARE WHILE THEY'RE REPAIRING IT. WE PUT HIM UP AT A HOLIDAY INN, FLEMING ISLAND. HE'S, I THINK, STILL THERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CATER TO VETS DEALING WITH HIM. AND THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD IS HE'S JUST HAPPY, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE IN HIS CAR. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. BUT ANYWAY, WE ARE HELPING SOME HOMELESS AND CATERING TO OUR VETERANS. AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE COMMISSION SIMPLY -- HIGH RISK OF STAKES, GATEWAY TO CLAY, CITY EYE, WE'RE DOING SOME PHENOMENAL WORK. AND TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS A POINT IN THE SERMON IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY THAT OUR PASTOR AT GRACE BROUGHT UP HIGH RIDGE ESTATES. SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD, AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT COMMISSION FOR ALL 
          THE GOOD WORK, SO. >> GOOD. 
          >> AND OTHER THAN SNOW AND A LITTLE BIT OF -- A LITTLE BIT OF COLD WEATHER HERE, SNOW IN TALLAHASSEE, AND A LOT OF SNOW IN PENSACOLA, WHICH MY FAMILY EXPERIENCED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE LIVING IN CLAY COUNTY. EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ON PENSACOLA BEACH, YOU DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER? >> PERFECT SEGUE, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE MY COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE LIMITED TO COUNTY STAFF'S EFFORTS LAST WEDNESDAY TO KEEP US SAFE AND PROTECTED AND AWARE. 
          I WAS GETTING UPDATES FROM LOWER CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE THE DAY AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE BALLS IN THE AIR. WHEN I SPOKE TO HOWARD, I DID SPECIFICALLY ASK HIM WHY HE DIDN'T LET IT SNOW IN CLAY COUNTY. I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH HIS ANSWER. HE SAID THAT IT WAS BETTER THAT WAY. AND I CONCUR. I CONCUR. THANK YOU TO COUNTY STAFF. CAN'T DO THE JOB WITHOUT YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 
          >> I THOUGHT I HEARD ON THE NEWS THERE WAS SLEET IN OAKLEY. I THOUGHT THEY SPECIFICALLY -- SAID THAT SPECIFICALLY. 
          >> THE FLURRIES DON'T COUNT. I SAW THEM. BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO RECENTLY SAW SNOW, I WAS NOT IMPRESSED. 
          >> IT'S NICE TO TRAVEL SEE IT. >> I HAVE A FEW THINGS TONIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I DO KNOW ALL OF YOU, AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE RAN FOR TO BE A COMMISSIONER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE DEAL WITH SO MUCH STUFF IT GETS TO BE REDUNDANT. YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH THE ROADS, YOU'RE LIKE IS THAT ALL I'M HERE FOR? BUT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 
          THAT IS TRUE, ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. I KNOW WE'RE BEGINNING TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH MORE. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS IN IT LAST NIGHT THE ALL COUNTY CHORUS CONCERT AT THRASHER HORN. THEY HAD SOME DIRECTORS COME FROM TO DIRECT THESE KIDS. THEY WERE DANCING AND STUFF -- THEY LEARNED THE SONGS, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE DANCE UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN THEY STAYED THERE ALL DAY YESTERDAY. AND IT WAS LIKE AMAZING. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. SO THAT WAS NEAT. I GOT SOME GREAT NEWS FROM JUSTIN 
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PIERCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET LIGHTS FOR PICKLEBALL. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. I THINK THERE'S ONE IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT'S GOING TO GET IT. AND THEN WE HAVE BRIAN KNIGHT IS LOOKING TO DONATE MONEY TO MAKE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE BETTER. SO THAT'S AWESOME. THERE'S A MARKET THAT'S HAPPENED IN LAKE AS BURY FOR A WHILE. I GUESS THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE HAVING TO LEAVE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS WINN-DIXIE OR THE SCHOOL, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE LISTENING, CAN DIRECT ME, I NEED TO TRY TO FIND WHO IS DOING -- WAS DOING THAT, BECAUSE JUSTIN PIERCE IS ACTUALLY SAYING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK INTO HAVING IT AT RONNIE VAN ZANDT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NEAT THING. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO KNOWS THAT PERSON OR WHO I SHOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH, I'M GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIND THAT PERSON. DONATION BOXES. I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN, AND WE SEE THEM ALL OVER OUR COUNTY, THESE DONATION BOXES THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO DROP OFF THEIR DONATED ITEMS, BUT THEY ARE JUST GETTING OUT OF HAND. AND I WOULD THINK IT PROBABLY, MAYBE, HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH GARBAGE. I'M NOT SURE. I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS IN MY DISTRICT. 
          THERE'S QUITE A FEW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I WANT TO BRING IT UP TO THE COMMISSION. SHARICE, I SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT. 
          CODE ENFORCEMENT PROBABLY HAS A PLAY THERE, BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE PLENTY OF PLACES YOU CAN DONATE ITEMS TO IN OUR COUNTY. THERE'S SO MANY BRICK AND MORTAR PLACES YOU CAN GO TO, SO TO HAVE THESE BOXES WHERE THY'RE JUST THROWING STUFF ALL AROUND IT, IT JUST LOOKS HORRIBLE. AND I DEFINITELY HEAR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. SO I'M GOING TO -- I GUESS, SHARICE WILL HOPEFULLY BRING THAT BACK TO US AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE A COMPLAINT TO GET THEM REMOVED. BECAUSE I KNOW THE ONE COMPANY NEAR WINN-DIXIE WAS CALLED AND THEY WEREN'T REALLY FRIENDLY ABOUT IT. LAST THING I HAVE IN MY DISTRICT, WE ALL KNOW WE'RE GETTING TONS OF ROAD WORK DONE AND THERE'S A HUGE DETOUR OPENED OR HAPPENED THIS WEEK. AT 220, CLOSING OF THEIR BRIDGE. 
          IT'S ROUGH FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. HORRIBLE TRAFFIC ISSUES. 
          RICHARD, I WAS GOING TO SEE IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH D.O.T. WITH THE LIGHTING BECAUSE I CAME ACROSS OLD JENNINGS LAST NIGHT. I HAD NO ISSUES AT ALL COMING TOWARDS 220, BUT THE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME AND LEAVING IN THE MORNING DOWN BLANDING A LOT OF THEM PROBABLY COULD GO THE EXPRESSWAY, BUT MANY PEOPLE DO HAVE TO GO THAT WAY. CAN YOU 
          TELL ME ABOUT THE D.O.T. LIGHTS? >> RICHARD SMITH, CLAY COUNTY ENGINEER. THEY ASKED US TO DO IT FOR A WEEK TO SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. TODAY WAS THE SIXTH DAY, TWO OF THEM, ONE WAS THE HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, THE OTHER ONE WAS THE WEATHER DAY. SO THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE -- I DROVE IT YESTERDAY AT 5:00. IT WAS -- IT WAS ABLE TO BE -- FORTUNATELY OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY SOMEHOW KNEW WHERE I WAS. SHE CALLED ME COMPLAINING. AND DURING THE COMPLAINT PERIOD I WAS ABLE TO GO FROM NIGHT BOX TO BAXLEY TO 220 TO HENSLEY WHILE HER ASSISTANT'S HUSBAND SAT IN THE LEFT TURN LANE. THERE ARE OTHER ROADS OUT THERE. NIGHT BOX WAS WORKING GOOD. YOU WERE CORRECT, IT WAS WORKING GOOD. WE ALSO GOT CONFIRMATION AT 2:00 TODAY THAT D.O.T. EXTENDED THE GREEN LIGHT TIME ON THE LEFT TURNS LEADING INTO LAKE ASBURY FROM BLANDING BOULEVARD SOUTHBOUND TO MAX IT OUT. 
          MEANING IF YOU'RE IN THAT LANE AND THERE'S A VEHICLE AND IT DETECTS YOU THERE, IT STAYS GREEN FOR A MAXIMUM OF 45 SECONDS NOW. WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY -- AND THAT'S D.O.T. GIVING UP THEIR TIME. BECAUSE WHEN THAT TURNS RED, THAT MEANS BLANDING BOULEVARD NORTHBOUND GOING TO ORANGE PARK AND JACKSONVILLE GETS THE GREEN LIGHT. THEY NOTICED THE CLOG THAT WAS JAMMED UP AND THEY FIXED THAT. MY BUDDY TODAY DID WAIT ONE CYCLE TO MAKE THAT TURN. YESTERDAY, I WOULD HAZARD TO GUESS THE ASSISTANT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY STAFF PROBABLY TOOK 10 TO 12. I DROVE 
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RIGHT THROUGH IT AS I COMMUTED SOUTH TO BAXLEY. TWO THINGS, IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE ALTERNATE 
          ROUTES. >> PEOPLE GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT? 
          >> WE WATCHED AT KING FISHER, THERE WERE SIX CARS COMING OUT AT THE OLD TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY. CLOSED. PEOPLE AREN'T BEING NICE TO THEM. THERE WERE ONLY SIX OF THEM. WE EARLIER THIS YEAR ADDED FOUR-WAY STOP SIGNS AT EACH CROSSING, OR EARLIER LAST YEAR, SIX MONTHS EARLIER, FOUR-WAY STOP SIGNS GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT KINGFISHER BISECTS. IT'S NOT A GOOD ROUTE TO GO NOW. YOU WILL STOP A LOT. IT IS -- YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO OVER 25 BECAUSE OF THE STOP SIGNS BASICALLY TWO LOTS DEEP. AROUND 300 FEET APART. I WAS EXPECTING 20, 25 CARS THERE. PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED THE DUAL LEFT TURN LANES WE INSTALLED AT NIGHT BOX DO WORK. YESTERDAY AT RUSH HOUR AT 4:55 THEY WERE DOWN TO SIX CARS IN EACH ONE. SO THEY WERE CLEARING OUT IN ONE CYCLE. I WAS WRITING AN EMAIL TO THE COMMISSIONER YESTERDAY AND I GOT INTERRUPTED. D.O.T. GIVES US 40 SECONDS FOR THE OAK LANE AND NIGHT BOX TRAFFIC TO MAKE THEIR MANEUVERS. AFTER 40 SECONDS, THOSE TURN RED. IF NO ONE'S IN OAK LANE, ALL 40 SECONDS GO TO NIGHT BOX, BECAUSE THERE'S USUALLY SOMEONE THERE COMING NORTH ON NIGHT BOX TO TURN TO GO SOUTH ON BLANDING. WE'VE ASKED THE SCHOOLS TO, IN THE MORNINGS, TO MAYBE REROUTE THE BUSES UP, AGAIN, PARALLEL ROADS FROM RIDGEVIEW AND NOT GO TO OAK LANE, GO ONE STREET OVER. THAT WAY THEY CAN GET DOWN AND GET RIGHT ON BLANDING TO THEIR ROUTES BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED THE LIGHT TO TURN LEFT, GIVING US TIME FOR NIGHT BOX TO EMPTY OUT. IT SHOULD BE BETTER TOMORROW IS THE BOTTOM LINE OF ALL THOSE WORDS. 
          >> OKAY. >> OKAY? 
          >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, RICHARD. WELL, WE KNOW IT'S PAINFUL. I MEAN, 16 MONTHS SOUNDS LIKE AN ETERNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO TRAVEL THAT. SO EVERYBODY JUST REALLY TRY TO BE PATIENT. WE KNOW IT'S INCONVENIENT. YES, I DO LIVE THERE. YES, I DO DRIVE IT. BELIEVE ME, ALL OF US COMMISSIONERS DRIVE AROUND OUR AREAS THAT WE SERVE. AND I THINK 
          THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU. I HAD REASON TO DRIVE ON HENLEY RECENTLY ACROSS THERE, AND I WATCHED SOMEONE RUN EVERY -- RUN THAT FOUR-WAY STOP AND THEN RUN THE RIGHT TURN STOP ON RED RIGHT TURN AT BLANDING. AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS AROUND AND THEY TEND TO PATROL OUR CONSTRUCTION AREAS, SO THEY WANT US TO NOT DO TRAFFIC STUFF. BUT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE HOW THEY WANT TO. AND YOU KNOW, REGARDING THAT BRIDGE, I REMEMBER WHEN THE CONGRESSWOMAN WAS OUR CONGRESSWOMAN BEFORE WE GOT REDISTRICTED. THAT WAS THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO AT LEAST. AND THAT BRIDGE WAS ON LIKE TH NATIONAL LIST OF NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. SO WE HAD TO DO THIS 
          WORK. >> OF COURSE, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T BUILD THE BRIDGE FIRST AND THEN CLOSE DOWN THE OTHER BRIDGE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT I MINE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IT'S BEEN SAID IT'S TOO UNSAFE TO DO THAT. SO IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON TO GET TRAGICALLY HURT TO KNOW WE MADE A MISTAKE. SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND YES THEY DO. I MEAN, WE HAVE GREAT ENGINEERS, WE HAVE GREAT PLANNERS. OUR COUNTY IS RUN BY MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY INTELLIGENT AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE HAVE TO RELY ON THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I 
          HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, THANKS, COMMISSIONER 
          BURKE. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FROM COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT AND THE MANY YEARS OF WORK THAT HAVE COME INTO THAT PROJECT. EVEN THOUGH I'M NEW, I KNOW THE BACKSTORY AND HAVE BEEN TO THE STEERING MEETINGS. THERE'S A PASSIONATE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT AND VERY APPRECIATED. AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SURVEYS AND PARTICIPATION NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR SURVEY ONLY HAD 200 AND SOMETHING, ALMOST 300 RESULTS. WHEN YOU THINK OF A COMMUNITY WITH 230,000 PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT A TON, RIGHT? BUT AS COMMISSIONERS IT HELPS US WHEN WE HAVE FEEDBACK AND EVEN WHEN WE SOMETIMES DON'T AGREE. AND THAT'S OKAY. BUT WE TO WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO THANK RICHARD AND HIS TEAM FOR THE SIGNAGE AND SIGNAL CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD. BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THOSE CALLS TOO FROM MY 
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RESIDENTS GOING THAT ROUTE. AND WE ALSO WORKED WITH ONE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS THERE, BECAUSE GAVE THEM SOME CREATIVE IDEAS FOR PICKUP AND DROP-OFF TIMES. I APPRECIATE YOUR CREATIVITY LIKE THAT. I WANT TO THANK JUSTIN AND HIS TEAM ALONG WITH A COUPLE OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF. FIAA HAS DOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS. THEY HAVE ALMOST SIX, ACTUALLY, OVER 600 KIDS PLAYING AT THAT COMPLEX NOW, AND I'M EXCITED TO TELL THE BOARD THAT THAT PARK HAS BEEN THERE. THEY'RE GROWING, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO ESSENTIALLY BRING $100,000 IN PARK IMPROVEMENTS FROM THEIR ASSOCIATION TO THE COUNTY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO FACILITATE THOSE FUNDS. THAT SAVES THE TAXPAYERS AND IMPROVES THE PARK THAT THEY ENJOY. AND ALSO OTHERS IN OUR COUNTY. SO APPRECIATE MIKE OF FIAA WORKING WITH US, BEING COLLABORATIVE IN THAT EFFORT. AND THEN LASTLY, THANKS TO SHARICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS, AND THEY'RE ALSO ALWAYS VERY TIMELY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. SO ALWAYS APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK AND LASTLY ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. TODAY WAS FAN WAS IT'S 
          AIC. >> OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB MAINTAINING THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ON THERE. I HAPPENED UPON A NEW RADIO STATION CALLED CLAY RADIO. 
          DOWNLOAD THEIR APP, THEY HAVE GOOD TUNES. BUT THEY HAVE LIKE A MUSTN'T CALENDAR. THEY DO THINGS, LIKE ALL KINDS OF THINGS I HAD NO IDEA WERE GOING ON. IF YOU WANT TO GET ON THE CALENDAR, CONTACT CLAY RADIO, BUT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP. CLAY TODAY HAS LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION. SO LOTS OF CLAY-BASED, CLAY-CENTERED INFORMATION. SO -- AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMISSIONER. WE WILL ADJOURN FOR TONIGHT IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.