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>> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. GRACIOUS LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, THANK YOU, LORD, FOR EVERY BLESSING WE GET TO ENJOY.
THANK YOU FOR CLAY COUNTY. LORD, TONIGHT I'M ASKING FOR HEALING FOR OUR CHAIRWOMAN IN HER ABSENCE TONIGHT AND MEET HER RIGHT WHERE SHE IS, WITH A SPEEDY RECOVERY LORD, TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. LORD, OUR PRAYER TONIGHT IS THE SAME PRAYER THAT SOLOMON PRAYED TO YOU. WE ARE ASKING FOR WISDOM, LORD, TO GOVERN, TO LEAD TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HONOR YOU AND SERVE CLAY COUNTY WELL. HELP US TO DO EVERYTHING WITH EXCELLENCE, LORD. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO HELP MAKE THIS COMMUNITY GREAT, ASKING GOD FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THEM, ON US AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, A SPECIAL HEDGE OF PROTECTION, GOD, OVER EVERY SQUARE INCH OF OUR 644 SQUARE MILES. IT'S A REQUEST, GOD, FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
WE THANK YOU. WE LOVE YOU, LORD.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY. AMEN.
>> ALL RIGHT. FOR OUR PLEDGE TODAY WE HAVE SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER EDWARD STEAMER AND HE'LL BE LEADNG THE PLEDGE TODAY. CHAIRMAN STEAMER RETIRED AS A PETTY OFFICER IN 1981.
HE JOINED THE NAVY SIX DAYS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO SERVE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDING CAMP DAVID IN HAWAII, THE PENTAGON, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AND NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
HIS DUTIES INCLUDE IN CAMP DAVID AND TALKING TO PRESIDENTS EISENHOWER AND JOHN F.
KENNEDY ALSO RECEIVING INVITATIONS AND ATTENDING WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND INTEGRATIONS WITH FOREIGN DIGNITARIES IN ARGENTINA. DURING HIS SERVICE HE LEARNED COMMITMENT AND THE TRUE MEANING OF PATRIOTISM WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. HE IS A DECORATED VETERAN EARNING MULTIPLE AWARD SUCH AS THE WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE BADGES, FIVE GOOD CONDUCT AWARDS AND TWO JOINT SERVICE MEDALS. NOW A RESIDENT OF MIDDLEBURGH, STEAMER CONTINUES TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND IS A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER AT ELEMENTARY AND ST.
LUKE CHURCH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> I HAD A VERY GOOD CAREER. I HAD 35 DAYS ININ TIME IN 22 YEARS. I WORKED NAVAL INTELLIGENCE AND WORE CIVILIAN CLOTHES AND MET PEOPLE, LIKE I SAY, JACKIE KENNEDY AND JOHN JOHN BECAUSE BOBBY KENNEDY WOULD TAKE HIS KIDS. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED, AND IT WILL BE 63 YEARS.
YOU WANT TO GIVE A SPEECH? BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. IT'S MY FIRST EVER, AND I THINK CLAY COUNTY IS JUST A TREMENDOUSTREMENDOUS PLACE. THANK YOU.
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>>> CALL TO ORDER, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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MEETING OF APRIL 8, 2025.LET THE RECORD REFLECT, WE ARE PRAYING FOR HER SPEEDY
[PET ADOPTIONS]
RECOVERY AND WE MISS HER TONIGHT AND WE'LL GO TO THE PET ADOPTIONS.>> OUR FIRST DOG IS TAYLOR, A MIXED BREED, WEIGHS 26 POUNDS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A RUNNING PARTNER, TAYLOR IS YOUR GIRL. THIS BOUNDLESS BREED HAS ENTHUSIASM AND WILL HELP YOU KEEP UP WITH YOUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES. WHETHER IT'S HITTING THE TRAILS OR GOING FOR A JG, SHE'S ALWAYS READY TO GO.
TAYLOR IS READY TO BE YOUR LOYAL AND HAPPY COMPANION EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, IF YOU'RE SEEK AN ENERGETIC DOG TO JOIN YOUR ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, TAYLOR IS THE PERFECT MATCH. NEXT WE HAVE JAMES, SPAYED FEMALE, 2 YEARS OLD, 50. 42 POUNDS AND MEET JANE, THE SHY WALLFLOWER TO THE LIFE OF THE PARTY. SHE STARTED OFF AS A QUIET GIRL, BUT NOW THESE ALL ABOUT THOSE TOYS AND LEAPING OFF OF EVERYTHING IN SIGHT LIKE A TINY ACROBAT. HER SMILE MIGHT SEEM SWEET, BUT TRUST US, SHE HAS MORE ENERGY THAN A KID ON A SUGAR RUSH. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DOG WHO IS AS PLAYFUL AS SHE IS ADORABLE, JANE IS YOUR GIRL. JUST BE READY FOR NONSTOP FUN AND A FEW PARKOUR MOMENTS ALONG THE WAY. HAZEL, DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR HAZEL A BEAUTIFUL CAT, SHE'S SWEET. SHE'S A SWEET, RESERVED BEAUTY WHO WARMS UP SLOWLY, BUT WILL SOON OFFER GENTLE CUDDLES AND QUIET COMPANIONSHIP. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CALM AND QUIET, HAZEL IS THE PERFECT MATCH AND RONALD, WE HAVE NEUTERED MALE, DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR, 2 YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS EIGHT POUNDS.
MEAN RONALD MEET RONALD WITH HIS WIDE- EYED FACE, CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE FACE, AND DON'T LET HIS SURPRISE FACE FOOL YOU, RONALD WANTS SOMEONE TO PROVE HIM WRONG AND TAKE HIM HOME. READY TO MEET YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND? OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS ARE WAITING TO ADD EXTRA LOVE AND FUN TO YOUR LIFE. FROM WAGGING TAILS TO KITTIES, WE HAVE THE PERFECT COMPANION JUST FOR YOU.
WANT TO SEE WHO IS AVAILABLE, IN HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE AND MEET THE ADORABLE CREW LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOMES, GO TO CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM. DON'T WAIT, YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND IS JUST A CLICK AWAY AND THE DOG IN THE PICTURE IS MARSHMALLOW, LOOKING FOR A HOME, AS WELL. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUR FURRY FRIENDS PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AMAZON WISH LIST.
WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER,
[1. Water Conservation Month (April 2025)]
PLEASE GO TO AMAZON. COM AND THAT COMPLETES OUR PET ADOPTIONS.>> THANK YOU. IF OUR COMMISSIONERS CAN MEET ME DOWN FRONT FOR OUR PROCLAMATIONS.
>>> ALL RIGHT. APRIL IS DESIGNATED AS WATER CONSERVATION MONTH TO BRING AWARENESS TO OUR RESIDENTS' ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING THIS VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL RESOURCE ESPECIALLY DURING OUR DRYER MONTHS IN FLORIDA. WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THIS IMPORTANT DESIGNATION. WATER CONSERVATION IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERS WHO WORK HARD TO PROMOTE RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN OUR COUNTY.
IF WE CAN HAVE JEREMY JOHNSON, DOUG CONKY AND SAMANTHA JOHNS FROM THE RIVER WATER DISTRICT AND THE CLAY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AFTER THE PROCLAMATION IS READ.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS FLORIDA IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST VITAL FRESH WATER AK AQUIFER,
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AND SUPPORTS THE AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ECOLOGICAL NEEDS OF OUR STATE AND WHEREAS CLAY COUNTY ALONG WITH THE REST OF FLORIDA IS DEEPLY DEPENDENT ON THE FLORIDIAN÷÷ AQUIFER FOR ITS WATER SUPPLY AND THE LONG- TERM STABILITY OF THE VITAL RESOURCE REQUIRED STEWARDSHIP AND CAREFUL MANAGEMENT AND WHEREAS EXCESSIVE AND WASTEFUL WATER CAN LEAD TO DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS LOWERED WATER LEVELS, SALTWATER INTRUSION AND REDUCED AVAILABILITY OF WATER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND WHEREAS IRRIGATION IS OFTEN THE BIGGEST USE OF WATER AND FOR THE 2025 WATER CONSERVATION MONTH THEME, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM EVALUATIONS, WE FOCUS ON EFFICIENT IRRIGATION DESIGN, PROGRAMMING AND MAINTENANCE TO CONSERVE WATER AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZEN, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO EVALUATE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENTS AND WHEREAS APRIL 2025 MARKS THE 27TH OBSERVANCE OF WATER CONSERVATION MONTH PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE WITH ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE CLAY SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO RAISE WATER TO PROTECT THE FLORIDIAN AQUIFER AND OUR SHARED WATER RESOURCES. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025 AS WATER CONSERVATION MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES IN CLAY COUNTY ARE URGED TO TAKE STEPS TO CONSERVE WATER CONSUMPTION, WHETHER MINIMIZING LEAKS AND MINIMIZING OUTDOOR WATER USE AND IMPLEMENTING OTHER WATER- SAVING PRACTICES AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR WATER RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE. ADOPTED BY CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON THIS DAY OF APRIL 8, 2025.>> IT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO, JEREMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS AND THEN WE CAN PASS IT ON TO RACHEL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I APPRECIATE MANY OF THE WORDS IN THAT PROCLAMATION BECAUSE THAT'S CENTRAL TO OUR SERVICE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND WATER CONSERVATION, WE DO OFFER A FREE SERVICE TO PERFORM WATER CONSERVATION ASSESSMENTS TO HELP THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
I'M THE CHAIR OF CLAY SOIL AND WATER.
THEY ARE ALSO SUPERVISORS WITH CLAY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU TO CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, WE APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT, AS WELL. BE SURE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE RESOURCES. WE ARE HERE IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR SOIL AND IMPROVING WATER RETENTION IN YOUR PLANTS AND IN YOUR LAWN. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT GO TO CLAYSOIL AND WATER.ORG.
WE ARE A VOLUNTEER GROUP SO WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU. THANK YOU.
>> IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE. I'LL TRY NOT TO TRIP WITH THE STAFF HERE AND I'LL GET YOU OUT HERE SOON, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU. THIS IS THE 27TH YEAR THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING APRIL.
IT WAS 27 YEARS AGO THE STATE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR WATER CONSERVATION AND WHY THIS TIME OF YEAR? BECAUSE THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING INTO OUR TRADITIONAL STARTS TO GET HOT AND STARTS TO GET DRY. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UTILITIES HAD A LOT OF ISSUES RUNNING OUT OF RECLAIMED WATER AND IT WAS SHOWING STRESS. THIS IS NOT A DAILY OR MONTHLY ISSUE. THIS IS A DAILY OPERATION, 365 AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT, BUT INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU A LOT OF STATS ABOUT DRIP THAT, LEAK THIS, CHECK THIS, DON'T WATER THE DRIVEWAY, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DOCUMENT THAT IS THE COMP PLAN FOR WATER.
MUCH LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANS IN TOWNSHIPS THE NORTH FLORIDA COMP PLAN IS CHARTERED BY THE STATE PUT TOGETHER. THERE ARE FIVE DISTRICTS AND THEY ALL DO IT. THE WATER SUPPLY PLANT COVERS 14 COUNTIES, HALF ARE IN THE ST. JOHN'S AND HALF ARE IN
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THE SWANNEE RIVER AND THAT'S 8,000 MILES OF RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AQUIFER, IT'S NOT JUST A POOL OF WATER BELOW US, IT'S THE SIZE OF THREE STATES AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG BATHTUB WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT AND KEEP CHARGED UP.IT FIRST CAME ABOUT IN 2017, TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, IN 2015, THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS WE'RE USING NOW AND THIS IS A DOCUMENT UP TO 2045 AND WE UPDATED IT EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT IS ON THE AGENDA AND WHEN THEY UPDATEUPDATE WAR PLAN AS ALL OF THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES HAVE TO DO BY JUNE BECAUSE OF THE WATER SUPPLY STATUTES, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT WATER, RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE SUPPLY OF WATER. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WE THOUGHED THAT IN WENT 25, THE POPULATION IN THE WATER SUPPLY AREA WILL INCREASE BY 40%.
WATER USE WILL GO UP BY 32% AND WE'LL BE DRAWING IN 2045 698 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. THE KEY ELEMENT -- OR ONE OF THE KEY÷÷ ELEMENTS IS WATER CONSERVATION. WE'LL BE ABLE TO EKE OUT 80 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. CONSERVATION PLAYS A KEY ELEMENT. PLUS IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE ELEMENT. WE DO OTHER THINGS AND WE INCENTIVIZE RECHARGE, WHO HERE HAS HEARD ABOUT THE BLACK CREEK WATER RESOURCE PROJECT SOON TO COME ONLINE THIS SUMMER. IT'S BEING TESTED RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GOING TO PUT UP TO 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY INTO LAKE BROOKLYN WHICH IS A RECHARGE ELEMENT FOR THE AQUIFER.
>> I CAN GIVE YOU 120 MILLION REASONS WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHY I SAY CONSERVATION IS CHEAP. IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IN THE SCALE OF COMPLEXITY AND COST IS A FACTOR OF TEN GREATER.
THAT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO GET WATER DOWN THERE, BUT WE CAN'T ALL JUST KEEP DOING THAT. YOU'LL NEED TO DO CONSERVATION. WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH OUR UTILITIES AND AGRICULTURE, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE BREAD BASKET FOR FLORIDA.
ST. JOHN'S, FLAGLER AND PUTNAM. YOU SAW A LITTLE GIRL WITH A POTATO CHIP. HER DAD WORKS OVER THERE AND WE'RE HELPING THEM TO BE EFFECTIVE WITH THEIR WATER
USE. >> SINCE 2020 WE PRODUCED 78.4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY IN WATER SAVINGS SO THAT ALL PLAYS A PART. THE ONE PART THAT DRIVES THE UTILITIES CRAZY IS WE'RE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERMITTING, SO DO FARMERS, USE TILTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
ANY TIME YOU WANT TO PUT IN A STRAW TO COME TO WORK WITH US AND THE CONSERVATION ELEMENT IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THAT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER BECAUSE WE SHOWED IN 2017 AND ALTHOUGH THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN IS NOT THE SEXIEST TOPIC THAT THE AQUIFER WAS A TEST AND WE READ ABOUT IT IN THE PRESS EVERY DAY. THE UTILITIES ARE WORKING HARD AND WE'RE WORKING WITH AGRICULTURE TO WORK WITH THAT AND PROTECT THAT WATER SOURCE.
SO IN CLOSING. WE'RE USING ABOUT NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT JUST THE ONE DAY OR ONE WEEK, PLAN, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE DISCIPLINED IMPLEMENTATION AND ACHIEVABLE METRICS IF WE EXPECTED -- IN YOUR HOUSE, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH HOA AND THE GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERWISE.
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION, THE UTILITY, THE STAFFS AND THE CITIZENS WHO WORK SO HARD AND PUT DILIGENCE INTO PROTECTING OUR WATERWATER SOURCE. SO, CHIEF, I HOPE I DIDN'T -- I HOPE I DIDN'T TRIP ANY HAZARDS, BUT I ALWAYS ENJOY TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. WHEN YOU GO HOME AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, WHY IS MY DRIVEWAY WET OR WHY IS THERE A WATER BECAUSE THE PRESSURE IS TOO HIGH AND YOU'RE WASTING THAT WATER.
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S POTABLE WATER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE RECLAIMED SYSTEM THE WAY THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS DO.
IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. IT'S A DAILY WORK IN PROGRESS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[2. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 13-19, 2025)]
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>>> ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK, IT WOULD BE OBSERVED APRIL 13TH THROUGH 19TH, 2025. OUR DEDICATED TELECOMMUNICATORS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK AT FOUR ANSWERING POINTS IN CLAY COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU CRY FOR HELP YOU WILL ALWAYS REACH A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUAL, AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WILL BE DISPATCHED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WANT TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. WILL ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WITH THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT?
>>> AFTER WE READ THE PROCLAMATION WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM A MEMBER FROM EACH DEPARTMENT.
>> LET ME, I'M HONORED TO READ THE PROCLAMATION HERE. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS SERVE AS A FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS, PROVIDING LIFE SAVING ASSISTANC1 THROUGH THE EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE DISPATCH OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WHILE DEMONSTRATING PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATORS INCLUDES ANSWERING EMERGENCY CALLS, DISPATCHING POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, MANAGING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND COORDINATING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES DURING EMERGENCIES ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE EXPERTISE, QUICK DECISION MAKING AND A CALM PRESENCE UNDER PRESSURE, AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS AND THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTERS OF CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CLAY COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTIONING NG THE CITIZENS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THE FOUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTERS IN CLAY COUNTY ANSWERED 20,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH OVER 106,000 OF THOSE CALLS BEING FOR 911 EMERGENCIES, AND WHEREAS THE DEDICATION AND TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS OFTEN GO UNRECOGNIZED, YET THEY ARE CENTRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THEIR SERVICE IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 13TH THROUGH 19TH 2025 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR'S WEEK TO HONOR AND EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE TO THOSE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO WORK WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 13TH TO 19 H, 2025, AS TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS IT CELEBRATE THE DEDICATED TELECOMMUNICATORS WHO SERVE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, COMMITMENT AND COMPASSION.
DULY ADOPTED BY THIS BOARD OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, APRIL 8, 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
CONGRATULATIONS. I'LL HAND THE SHERIFF THE MICROPHONE FIRST.
>> I'M UPSET THAT DOUG KONKE LEFT BEFORE MY REMARKS SO PLEASE, IF HE'S WATCHING, LET HIM KNOW.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
PEOPLE GENERALLY DON'T CALL US -- WHEN I SAY US, THEY CALL US WHEN THINGS ARE GOING BAD AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE PATIENCE AND THE DISCERNMENT AND THE KINDNESS TO TALK PEOPLE THROUGH WHAT IS POTENTIALLY THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIFE, IT IS A VERY, VERY STRESSFUL JOB, AND I KNOW, I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND CHIEF CASE HERE, THE FIRE CHIEF, WE ALL APPRECIATE, TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
NOT ONLY FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING IN, BUT
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ALSO OUR OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES.YOU ARE THE LIFELINES FOR THE GUYS AND GALS ON THE STREET AND YOU DO AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE JOB UNDER THE STRESS.
SO THANK YOU, BUT EVERY DAY SHOULD BE TELECOMMUNICATORS DAY.
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL YOU DO. IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED OR UNAPPRECIATED. CHIEF CASE?
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DODO AND THE SHERIFF SAID IT EXACTLY WHEN SHE SAID IT'S A HIGH- STRESS JOB. I KNOW WHEN YOU TAKE CALLS AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A 1098 CODE 8 OR A FOX TROT AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT'S TOUGH TO DEAL WITH AND YOU DON'T TALK TO THE OFFICERS AFTER THE CALL. I APPRECIATE THE DISPATCHERS AND THE FIRE, YOU ALL DO MAGNIFICENT JOBS EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY IF I COULD. IS IT OKAY?
>> MISS REBECCA LINEAR, IS THE FLORIDA POLICE CHIEF DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
>> ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK?
>> I NORMALLY DON'T SPEAK BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE SPEAKING EVER IN PUBLIC, THAT'S WHY I WORK IN DISPATCH, BUT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT THE CHIEF SAID, BEING A DISPATCHER IS TEDIOUS WORK, WE ARE REQUIRED TO WORK DAYS, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAY, BUT THERE IS A QUOTE THAT I LIKE THAT IS VERY TRUE TO OUR PROFESSION, AND IT IS SAVE ONE LIFE, YOU'RE A HERO AND SAVE A HUNDRED LIVES, YOU'RE A DISPATCHER. SO WE ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS, SO IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE GET RECOGNIZED FOR ALL OF OUR HARD WORK.
>> I'M BRANDY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO THANK EACH OF THE AGENCIES FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES AND IT TRULY IS AN HONOR TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY REALIZE THAT.
[3. National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week (April 21-25, 2025)]
>> ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE ONE DECLARATION. APRIL 21ST THROUGH 25TH, 2025, IS ALSO DESIGNATED AS WORK ZONE SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE RISK AND SAFETY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK ZONES AND TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXERCISE GREATER CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH WORK ZONES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS I'M THE CHAIR TODAY, AND MY DISTRICT IS HAVING EVERY BIT OF THAT HAPPENING THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT. SO SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT AND BEING JUST GO SLOWER. OUR HARDWORKING CONSTRUCTION CREWS OFTEN WORK VERY CLOSE TO THE WORK EDGE AND INATTENTIVENESS CAN RUIN A FAMILY. DRIVERS SHOULD FOCUS ON THE ROAD, SLOW DOWN AND NO BECOME DISTRACTED BEHIND THE WHEEL. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE THE ATTACHMENT, DO NOT GO AROUND THE CARS AND THE OTHER
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LANE COMING TOWARD YOU BECAUSE IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN ONE OF OUR GREAT POLICE OFFICERS WAS RIGHT THERE AND PULLED RIGHT OUT AND GOT HIM, SO THAT WAS AWESOME. ANYWAY, DON'T DO THAT.SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
SO WE DO KNOW WE HAVE SOME HERE TODAY, AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? YOU CAN TALK.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
>> AND I THINK -- RICK, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? NO. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE PORTION OF THE MEETING FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 25, 2025, MEETING.
>> I'D LIKE TO APPROVE A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING FROM MARCH 25, 2025.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ANY ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
SO NOW WE ARE AT THE PORTION OF THE AGENDA THAT IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD.AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DEBATE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU MAY EMAIL ASKCLAY@CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM OR YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS. COMMON COMMENT CARDS ARE AT THE ENTRANCE AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AT THE DEUS AND YOU ARE TO LIMB THE YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT TODAY'S MEETING.
I HAVE -- I HAVE A CARD FOR AUSTIN NICHOLAS FOR ITEM 21, AND YOU WOULD WANT TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> AUSTIN NICKLAUS, 6747 SOUTH POINT PARKWAY, JACKSONVILLE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR RECOGNIZING ME ON THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND ITS 500 APPRENTICES, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CLAY COUNTY FOR OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR $750,000 TO HELP US DRAMATICALLY EXPAND THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND TRAIN MORE AND THE SKILL OF TRADES. BY÷÷BY SUPPORTING LETTER AND THE BUDGET REQUEST THE CLAY COMMISSION IS ENSURING THAT THE WORK WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA, AND ESPECIALLY IN CLAY COUNTY. WHILE IT'S A HOT TOPIC, THE CLAY COUNTY COMMISSION IS TAKING ACTION AND DOING SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WHICH WE TRULY APPRECIATE. THE ASSOCIATION THANKS YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS LETTER AND TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO DO THIS.
WE ARE HONORED BY THIS LETTER, AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND WE GIVE OUR BEST TO COMMISSIONER CONDON, AS WELL THAT SHE RECOVERS QUICKLY. ? THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, I HAVE HELENA QUIMERE. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING AND LISTENING TO ALL YOU'RE DOING WITH MY CDD AND ROLLING HILLS. THERE IS DEFINITELY A LOT GOING ON, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ON THE AGENDA ITEM FOR TONIGHT AND DISCUSSION OF THE CONSERVATION AREA. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO, BUT I WILL BE LEAVING HERE AND GOING TO THAT. I CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN CONTACT YOU ALL AND HAVE THAT SUPPORT BEHIND US, AND AGAIN, I THINK ON NUMBER 19 ON THE TIME CERTAIN THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAKE ASBURY LAND USE AND THE CHANGE OF AIRS AND THANK YOU AGAIN AND YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CHRISTINA THOMAS. MY ADDRESS IS 3152 WITH CREIGHTON LANDING.
HE LIKES TO SEND ME UP HERE TO TELL YOU THE BORING STUFF.
I FIND IT EXCITING AS A LONG- TERM CLAY COUNTY RESIDENT AND A CTE TEACHER. FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DURING THAT TIME THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1973 HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH, AND A BIG DEAL OF THAT WE HAVE TO CREDIT CLAY
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COUNTY ESPECIALLY THE TECH ED PROGRAMS AND 25% OF THEIR 500 APPRENTICES LIVE AND RESIDE IN CLAY COUNTY. WHAT THAT MEANS FROM AN ECONOMIC STAN POINT IS $5 MILLION OF THEIR WAGES IS COMING BACK DOWN INTO OUR COMMUNITY WHICH I THINK IS HUGE. WE ARE RIGHT NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND WE ARE THREE WEEKS IN AND I WOULD HAVE 120 APPLICATIONS AND I WAS ANTICIPATING 200 AND MY MAN WAS OFF. THE SUPPORT YOU WERE GIVING US SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR EMPLOYERS. WE HAVE 200 EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY APPRENTICES AND MANY OF WHOM ARE IN CLAY COUNTY. I WANT TO TELL A QUICK STORY ABOUT A YOUNG MAN THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND START HIS OWN BUSINESS AND IS PUTTING THREE NEW PEOPLE IN OUR HVAC PROGRAM AND HE'S 27. YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.[CONSENT AGENDA]
>> ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NO? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION, IS THERE ANY ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL TO DISCUSS?
>> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APRIL 8TH AS
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO -- ALTHOUGH CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS GO BY QUICKLY, IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE INVESTIGATION WE DO PRIOR TO, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. DOE IS VERY POPULAR AT THE NATIONAL, STATE AND ACTUALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AS WELL, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THERE THAT DOGE BY MYSELF PERSONALLY AND I'M SURE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, AS WELL, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH A -- I LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH A MICROSCOPE, SO I THINK YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT YOU'RE GETTING BANG FOR THE BUCK EVEN THOUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM GOES BY PRETTY QUICKLY AND ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNOBSERVED AND SCRUTINIZED.
THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER RUGER BECAUSE I ELOQUENTLY WEEKED TO DROP A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS AND THE CONSENT REQUEST WHERE WE'RE NOT USING CLAY COUNTY FUNDS IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS MOVE HERE AND THAT'S HATS OFF TO STAFF. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS HERE TONIGHT. ONE OF THEIR ITEMS IS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE FIRST APPROVED LAST YEAR IN JUNE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST THESE FUNDS FROM THE STATE IN A GRANT FORMAT. SO AGAIN, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COMMISSIONER RENIGER. THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY WISELY IS A SHARED SENTIMENT AND I KNOWKNOW THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT EVERY COUNTY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THAT IS TRUE HERE AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
[12. Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program and Other Capital Projects (Capital Projects Team)]
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION. OH, WE HAVE A VOTE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> AND ANY OPPOSED? LET'S GO TO BONDAGE REPORT ON THE PROGRAM AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS. MY FAVORITE PERSON. I MISSED THAT LAST
PIECE. >> TEDTINDOOR ON 218 FOR THE PINE TREE LAKE, ANDERSON, KLUM COLUMBIA CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING AND ON POND SITE THREE AND FOUR, THE EXCAVATION CONTINUES. ANDERSON, COLUMBIA, CONTINUED THE INSTALLATION OF THE DRAIN STRUCTURES AND PIPING AND THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DRIVEWAYS AND CONTINUED PAVEMENT REPAIRS WHILE PIPE IS BEING INSTALLED AND THEY BEGAN PLACING CURBING, AND THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE WITH 53% OF THE TIME USED AND 31. 5 PAID OUT AND THE REVERSE. FOR 2, A PRAISALS AND
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OFFERS CONTINUE FOR ACQUISITION SPECIFICALLY FOR PROJECT NUMBER 2 AND -- CONTINUE THE INSTALLATION OF THE STORM WATER DRAINPIPES AND CONTINUE BACK FILLING OVER YOUR PIPES AND CONTINUE REMOVAL OF UNSUITABLE MATERIALS AND FINAL PAVEMENT ON THAT SURFACE. TRAFFIC WAS SHIFTED ON TO THE NEW TEMPORARY PAVEMENT, THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE WITH 44% PAID OUT WHILE 48% OF THE TIME IT'S BEING USED. PROJECT 5 AND 6A IT CONTINUES TO TRACK OUR PERMITTING THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER'S WHILE IT'S UNDER THEIR REVIEW. IT REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROJECT FIVE AND THE TEAM CONTINUES TO COORDINATE WITH A PERMIT ISSUANCE.THE ARMY CORPS HAS COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW IN THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THEY'VE COMPLETED THE TECHNICAL STAFF REPORT ANDAND SHOULD RESULT IN THE ISSUANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE PERMIT. THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE. PROJECT 3B WHICH CONNECTS THE EASTERN END OF PROJECT 4 AND RUNS THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT TO THE COUNTY ROAD 209B. THE COUNTY COMPLETED THE PONDING AT THE SITES.
THIS CONTINUED THE INSTALLATION OF STORMWATER STRUCTURE AS WELL AS PIPE. THIS PROJECT IS 21% PAID OUT AND 82% OF THE TIME HAS LAPSED. THIS PROJECT SCHEDULE REMAINS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHILE THE CONTRACTOR CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS TO RESOLVE THAT. ON PROJECT NUMBER FOUR, SAND RIDGE ROAD, THIS PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE WITH THE COUNTY HAVING BENEFICIAL USE OF THE ROADWAY. THEY'RE WORKING ON MINOR REPAIRS AND 99% -- 99. 5% HAS BEEN PAID OUT WHILE IT REACHED COMPLETION 35 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. MOVING ON TO PROJECT 6B AND THE CATHEDRAL.
PARKWAY. THEY CONTINUED TO HOLD MONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS AND THE LIME STONE BASE WAS COMPLETED AND IT CONTINUED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS AND SOD PLACEMENT AND CURBING. EROSION CONTROL DEVICES ARE BEING REMOVED IN AREAS WHERE SLOPES HAVE BEEN STABILIZED AND STRIPING IS BEING A PLAYED AND IT'S BECAUSE IT REMAINS WITH 94% HAS BEEN PAID OUT. THE COUNTY AND SUPERIOR CONTINUED TO DISCUSS THE SCHEDULE FOR A RESOLUTION. IN SUPPORT OF ALL THIS WORK, WGI CONTINUED TO WORK FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND THE PROGRAM HAS EXPENNED 122 MILLION.
>> THIS CONCLUDES THIS REPORT OR
THIS UPDATE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, TOO, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD. IS THERE ANY WAY THE 209B AREA COULD BE -- THEY COULD STOP THE ONE- ROAD CLOSURE AT 4:30 AND MAYBE START 30 MINUTES EARLY AND START AT 4:30 IF THERE WAS THE ONE LANE CLOSURE TO ELIMINATE BACKUP ALL OF THE WAY ON 17?
>> WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND WORK WITH QUIT TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE IMPLICATIONS MAYMAY BE AN EARLY STOP. CORRECT PLEA IF I'M WRONG, AT 4:30, YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO STOP AT 4:30.
>> YOU SAID THEY WERE STOPPING AROUND 5:00 USUALLY, AND I NOTICE THEY HAVE BEEN.
>> RIGHT. A LOT OF THAT IS WEATHER DEPENDENT AND TOP TIMES, FLORIDA AND HOW QUICKLY THINGS PROGRESS, THEY MAY HAVE TO GO LATER TO GET THINGS BUTTONED UP SAFELY FOR THE NIGHT.
>> I HAD A QUESTION, AND ENIF IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT UPDATE, BUT I HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT REGARDING SOME ROAD WORK WHERE THEY REMOVED THEIR MAILBOX AND THEY DIDN'T PUT IT BACK. WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL FOR THOSE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS?
>> IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THE ADDRESS AND THE NAME ON THE ADDRESS AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
TYPICALLY, IF A MAILBOX NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FOR THE ROAD WIDENING OR SIDEWALK PLACEMENT, THEY'LL PUT A TEMPORARY MAILBOX ALMOST ON A SAWHORSE BECAUSE IT WILL MOVE BACK AND FORTH WHEN WHEN IT'S COMPLETE PETED -- WHICH TYPICALLY, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF MAILBOXES GOING DOWN SAND
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RIDGE. AS YOU TURN DOWN MOST YOUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT KNOWING WHERE THE MAILBOX IS IF YOU GIVE ME THE NAME AND ADDRESS WE'LL FOLLOW UP.>> SO THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY USE THEY SHOULD.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN THAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO MOVE THEM AROUND AND THE INTENT IS NEVER TO LET ANYBODY GO WITHOUT GETTING THEIR MAIL.
>> I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT IS THERE A TIME CERTAIN FOR THE BOND FUNDS?
>> YES, SIR. THE TIME CERTAIN WAS THE FIVE YEARS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND WAS MARCH 26 OF 2025. WE WERE TO HAVE SPENT 85% AND WE MET THAT MARK A FEW WEEKSWEEKS THAT WAS DUE.
>> I WAS THINKING WE HAD TO EXPEND ALL OF THEM.
>> WHAT'S THE FOLLOW- UP QUESTION? IF IT'S 85% BY THE FIVE YEARS, IS THERE A 100% DEADLINE?
>> AND WE WORK WITH MANAGEMENT OMB AND DEB AND THE REST OF THE CREW. WE MEET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND WE CALL IT A SPENDSPEND WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING AND THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FUNDS ARE TYPICALLY SPENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND THE DESIGN.
AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE TRACK THE BIG DOLLARS ARE SPERNT UNDER CON TRUCK.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COMMISSIONER AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM UNTIL YOU KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM.
THE CULVERTS AND THE ROAD GOES ON TOP OF IT.
IT'S IMPORTANT AND YOU CAN ASK COMMISSIONER RANGER AND HE HAD A DRAINAGE FAILURE IN HIS DISTRICT AND IT CAUSED A LOT OF ISSUES AND THE PRO ACTIVITY OF THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THESE ARE HUGE PROJECTS. YOU CAN'T DO THESE KIND OF PROJECTS WITHOUT DESTRUCTION. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE'RE SUFFERING PAIN, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS IT WILL IMPROVE THE SITUATION DRAMATICALLY FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
IT'S NOT -- WE BONDED 129 MILLION, RIGHT?
>> YES, SIR. THIS PROJECT IS ROUGHLY $179 MILLION AND THIS IS A BIG PRODUCT. SEVERAL BIG PROJECTS.
>> AND YOU KNOW I REALLY LOVE YOU, ED.
I'M JUST GIVING YOI A HARD TIME.
>> AND I'LL MOVE MOVE FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECT UPDATE, AND ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FIVE DIRECTORS REPRESENTED HERE BY RICHARD SMITH, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND GENE PRICE AS WELL AS MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
OUT OF THE 244 PROJECTS LISTED IN YOUR PACKET, EACH DIRECTOR SELECTED KEY PROJECTS TO REPORT ON. THESE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED BASED ON A NUMBER OF RISK FACTORS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, SCHEDULE, BUDGET, COST CONSTRAINTS, PUBLIC OUTREACH OR THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT BEING DELIVERED.
THE TEAM CLEARED FIRE STATION NUMBER 22 WHICH WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 220 AND ARENA ROAD. THE SIGNAL DESIGN PLANS FROM FORTRESSES ARE BEING FINALIZED. ALL OF THIS IS TO SUBMIT THE FINAL SIGNED AND SEALED PASS FOR THE PROCESS. DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, THE COUNTY RECEIVED THE DISTRICT AS THE PER MET.
ANIMAL SHOULD THOR AND WILL BE LOOKING AT COUNTY ROAD GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD MAY 16TH AND MORE ON THAT TO FOLLOW. ALL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN RELATION TO THIS MEETING ARE COMPLETE. FOR PASHS PARKS AND REC, THE TENNIS COURTS ARE WELL UNDER WAY AND COMPLETED IN MAY. WHILE THE OAKLEY PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON SITE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK WITH THE FORECAST INSTALLATION BEING THE LAST WEEK OF THIS MONTH. FACILITIES, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, THE FACILITIES TEAM IS COORDINATING WITH
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THE CONTRACT TO MOBILIZE AFTER THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR ENDS WITH THE RETENTION POND AND THE ELECTRIC SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE INCREASED DEMAND. THESE INFRASTRUCK RAL IMPROVEMENTS ADD UP TO FAIRGROUND. THE CONTRACTORS MOBILIZE AS THE CLAY COUNTY TAX COLLECTORS OFTEN IN KEYSTONE AND LASTLY FOR ENGINEERING AND THE ROAD WIDENING AND BRIDGE REPLACEMENT CONTINUES. THE FIRST BRIDGE PILE WAS DRIVEN LAST WEEK WHILE THE OLD BRIDGE WILL BE REMOVED IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO DRIVE CAREFULLY THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AS WELL AS THE DETOURS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.LASTLY, A NOTICE TO PROCEEDPROCEED ISSUED ON APRIL 1ST TO BEGIN WORK ON LIVE OAK LANE.
EXPECT TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT YEAR WHILE PAVING A LIVE OAK LANE OCCURS AS WELL AS THE COMMENCEMENT TO THE JENNINGS STATE FOREST ENTRANCE. THIS CONCLUDES THE UPDATE AND THE DIRECTORS ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THESE PROJECTS.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, RICHARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS AND I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING ON THAT ONE.
>> I WANT TO COMMENT, I'M GETTING COMMENTS ABOUT ODOMODOM PARK, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH JUSTIN, BUT WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER.
I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS -- NOT COMMENT, THEY'RE COMPLAINT, BUT WE'LL BRING THAT UP LATER.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[13. Resolution of Support for the State of Florida Department of Government Efficiency]
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS, RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. I WILL ASK FOR COMMENTS?>> BEFORE WE READ THE RESOLUTION, COMMISSIONER COMPARE MADE GOOD COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT DOGE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF US AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS AS A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL, AND I JUST HAD SOME NOTES THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOGEDOGE WHAT IT MEANS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I THINK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IT'S A LOT HARDER. WE DON'T GET TO PRINT MONEY LIKE THE UNDC, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THE KEY WORD FOR ME WITH DOGE IS EFFICIENCY, ANDAND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HATS OFF TO OUR COUNTY MANAGER AND OUR ACMS AND OUR STAFF IN CLAY COUNTY. THEY'VE CREATED A CULTURE OF DOGE AND IT'S NOT THROUGH NECESSARILY CUTTING THINGS AT RANDOM. LIKE, I THINK THERE'S SUCH A MISCONCEPTION AMONGST THE PUBLIC THAT WHEN YOU DOGE, WHEN YOU LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES YOU SLASH THINGS JUST TO SLASH THINGS.
TO ME THAT'S NOT EFFICIENCY. IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS YOU WOULD KNOW YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE TO PRICE MATCH AND TRYTRY FIND BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS AND OUR COUNTY HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT. JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER, SOME FACTUAL EXAMPLES, WE WILL VOTE ON SOMETHING HERE IN A LITTLE BIT WHERE OUR COUNTY STAFF EVALUATED THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR A NEW FACILITY AND BY HAVING THIS MIND SET OF BEING AS EFFICIENT -- WE HAVE TO BUILD A LAND, WHICH IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO SAVE US $2-3 MILLION AND WE RECEIVED A BID THAT WAS $2.1 MILLION FOR TWO INTERSECTIONS AND INSTEAD OF STAFF SAYING THAT WAS THE ONLY BID. WE'LL TAKE BID. THEY GOT CREATIVE AND SAIDSAID WE CAN DO HALF THE PROJECT INHOUSE WHICH WOULD SAVE US A MILLION DOLLARS.
IT COLLECTED $48 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING WHICH SAVES THE TAXPAYERS.
WE HAVE A COMMISSION AUDITOR. WE HAVE THE CLERK'S OFFICE WHO IS HELPING US FIND THESE INEFFICIENCIES.
WHILE THE RESOLUTION IS GOING TO BE GOOD, I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR COUNTY FOR THE CULTURE THAT
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WE CREATED FOR BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND HAVING THE TANGIBLE EXAMPLES TO DO THAT.I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO COME AND HOPEFULLY CLAY COUNTY IS A PLACE THAT CAN BE A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA TO HOW TO USE THE DOLLARS WISELY.
I AM IN SUPER SUPPORT OF THE LETTER AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT OUT SOONER BECAUSE IT'S OUR WAY OF LIFE. IT'S WHAT WE DO.
>> THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING THAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT IN HAVING READ THE RESOLUTION, THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THERE TAT SAYS THE BOARD WILL RECOMMEND ADMINISTRATIVE OR POLICY REFORMS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY WITHIN LOCAL GOVERN MENTS, AND SO WHILE I CANNOT AGREE MORE WITH COMMISSIONERSCRIMAN.
I AM VERY AWARE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT TASKS US WITH GETTING INVOLVED IN THE POLICY MAKING AND ADMINISTRATIVE RETOMORROW THAT IS NECESSARY TO PERPETUATE THAT EFFICIENCY AND MAXIMIZE PRODUCTIVITY. SO FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY THAT ARE WONDERING IF WE CARE NOT JUST ABOUT THE SPENDING, BUT ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, THAT IS VERY MUCH WHAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO DO WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M BOTH FEET IN. >> THANK YOU.
>> THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ADD IS WHEN I WAS -- THE SECRET SAUCE TO THIS WHOLE EFFICIENCY IS BUDGETING.
WHEN YOU HAVE A BALANCE AND WHEN I WAS ON COMMISSION WE HAD A BALANCED BUG. THE STATE HAS A BALANCE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HASN'T HAD A BUDGET SINCE I THINK IT WAS -- 2001. OKAY. THEY'RE OPERATING WITH CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND WE'LL CONTINUE WHAT WE'VE DONE LAST YEAR PLUS ADD 4%. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT GOT US $37 TRILLION IN DEBT. SO OUT OF NECESSITY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY EFFICIENT AND UNTIL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADOPTS A BALANCED BUDGET THEY'LL HAVE PROBLEMS. SO ANYWAY, LIKE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE LOOK AT THIS ALL THE TIME. I LOOK AT THIS EVERY DAY, SO THIS ISN'T ANYTHING SPECIAL. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD. BEFORE I READ IT THAT'S WHAT WE ALL ARE SAYING IS YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A REASON TO BE PROUD TO BE FROM CLAY COUNTY AND I KNOW I AM AND EVERYONE ELSE, I'M SURE. I'LL GO,A HEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION.
>> RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORT ENTITLED EFFICIENCY WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL E FESH ENZI TEAM AND AND EOG AND SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 24, 2025, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNED AN ORDER ENSURING GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY AND IT ESTABLISHES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND BUDGET IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, EOG DOGE TEAM AND WHEREAS THE EOG DOGE TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN IDENTIFYING UNNECESSARY SPENDING, ELIMINATING WASTE AND SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY, AND WHEREAS TO BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AND ASSISTANCE OF THE EOG DOGE TEAM ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW BY THE EOG DOGE TEAM TO IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE AN INAPPROPRIATE SPENDING AND WHERE THE BOARD HEREBY FINDS IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY TO WORK WITH THE EOG DOGE TEAM ON EFFICIENCY REVIEW. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COMMISSIONERS IDENTIFYING UNNECESSARY SPENDING, CREATING EFFICIENCIES AND SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE BOARD SUPPORTS IDENTIFYING AND, LIMB NATING ELIMINATING
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DESIRES TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE EOG DOGE TEAM TO FACILITATE THE MISSION AND CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS. THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP THE BOARD WILL GRANT THE EOG DOGE TEAM ACCESS TO THE NEST AREA RECORDS AND ANY PHYSICAL PREMISES TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS AND DATA WHICH MAY ASSIST THE COUNTY IN IDENTIFYING EFFICIENCIES. THE BOARD WILL ALSO RECOMMEND POLICY REFORMS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND MAXIMIZE PRODUCT CAVITY WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SECTION 3, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE COUNTY MANAGER AND STAFF TO BE AVAILABLE AND SUPPORT THE EOG DOGE SUPPORT TEAM REQUEST AND PROVIDE NECESSARY ACCESS TO THE EOG DOGE TEAM. THE BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SERVE AS THE BOARD OF CONTACT FOR ALL EOG DOGE INQUIRIES . SECTION 4, THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION. DULY ADOPTED OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL 2025. ALL RIGHT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION UNLESS WE HAVE DISCUSSION.>> ONE FINAL COMMENT. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE TEAMWORK WE HAVE CONVEYED NOT JUST AS A COMMISSION BUT WITH OUR PARTNERS , I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE SHERIFF AS WELL , CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS ALSO DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO DOING THIS INTERNALLY. THE MORE WE DO THIS AS A TEAM THE MORE EFFICIENT WE WILL BE. I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION , THIS IS MORE A COURTNEY QUESTION, THE LANGUAGE , AND YOU WILL GET THIS, FOR THE QUOTE THAT READS , THE BOARD WILL ALSO RECOMMEND ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY REFORMS. CAN WE ADJUST THAT TO REFLECT AND OR ? AS IT READS NOW IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE. THANK YOU.
>> WHOEVER MADE THE MOTION INCLUDES IT.
>> I VOTE APPROVAL WITHOUT MODIFICATION.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSED?
[17. Public Hearing on MT Medical Florida, LLC's Application for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Ambulance Service (J. Boree)]
>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR TIME SURGEONS. 17 PUBLIC HEARING ON MT MEDICAL FLORIDA LLC APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE.
>> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, CHIEF CLAYTON COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. ON THE SAME MANTRA OF EFFICIENCY I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. HAVE A BRIEF SCRIPT TO READ HERE AND I MOVE ON FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ROOM. COUNTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THEIR CITIZENS. CLAY COUNTY HAS DONE SO BY PROMULGATING 7.3 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE, IN WHICH IT ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR PUBLISH CONVENIENCE POC ENDS. FEBRUARY 2025 THE COUNTY RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM MT MEDICAL FLORIDA ISSUING THE REISSUANCE OF A CLASS B, C, D WITHIN CLAY COUNTY. THE PREVIOUS OPC IN WAS ON 2023. ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE FIRE CHIEF ANALYZE THE APPLICATION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PUBLIC NEED AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA REQUESTED, TWO, PERTINENT FACTS WHICH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TEAM RELEVANT IN THE FITNESS OF THE APPLICANT TO RECEIVE THIS CERTIFICATE. ALSO REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE, A COPY WAS TRANSMITTED TO EACH MUNICIPALITY , THE DIRECTOR AND OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET DIRECTOR . THEY WERE REQUESTED TO FURNISH RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMENTS PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING OR IN PERSON AT TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING SO THEY CAN. BE PART OF THE APPLICATION. TODAY WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. THE DIRECTOR REVIEWED THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND MEDICAL PROTOCOL AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT LIST AND PROVIDED A LETTER OF APPROVAL. SIMILAR THE BUDGET DIRECTOR REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND PROVIDED AN ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS TO THE COUNTY IF THE REQUEST IS APPROVED. FINALLY THE FIRE CHIEF HAS PROVIDED A REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING PROVIDES THE APPLICANT CLAY COUNTY FIRE
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RESCUE, THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, ALL PRESENT CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, EACH MUNICIPALITY TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD, BE REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL, PRESENT WITNESS AND EVIDENCE, CROSS-EXAMINE AND PRESENT ARGUMENTS . AS A CONCLUSION THE BOARD, BASED ON COMPETENT EVIDENCE BASED ON A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS ALL THE CONSIDERATIONS AND FACTORS PROVIDED IN THE APPLICATION AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 7.3.7 OF THE RESIDENTS FINDING THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY WOULD BE SERVED BY GRANTING THE RENEWAL QUEST IN THE LIMITATIONS OR BY DENYING THE APPLICATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE PRESENT TODAY , AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FIRECHIEF IS APPROVED . >> OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION .
>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND A MOTION .
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE . ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD JOB.
[18. Public Hearing to consider transmittal of COMP 25-0008. (S. Olsen)]
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TRANSMITTAL POP 2508 AND THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT APPLICATION .
>> HELLO. TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT COMP APPLICATION 25 DASH 008 . IT IS A COUNTY INITIATED APPLICATION TO AMEND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS FOR SEWER, SOLID WASTE, POTABLE WATER AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES. REFERENCING TWO COMMUNITY ELEMENTS 1.1.1 AND 1.1.13 . THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL AND I WILL SEE YOU IF THE STATE APPROVES, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE
THEY WILL. >> THE FIRST PROPOSED ELEMENT?
>> CFD 1.1.1 THESE ARE THE FIGURES PROVIDED. SANITARY SEWER THE AVERAGE FLOW HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 311 GALLONS PER DAY AND THE POTABLE WATER HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 450 GALLONS PER DAY .
AND THEN ONE .1 .13 THE ONLY ITEM ON THE BOARD IS THE DATE OF THE WORK PLAN ITSELF HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 2025 TO 2035.
>> STAFF RECOMMENDS TRANSMITTAL OF THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEY VOTED 7-0 TO VOTE TRANSMITTAL. WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO? ALL RIGHT , I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MADAM CHAIR I JUST HAD A QUESTION . YOU MENTIONED GALLONS PER DAY, THE INCREASE. CAN WE GET A BRIEF WHY? IT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR DEPARTMENT BUT MAYBE JEREMY CAN HELP US .
>> KNOW BUT I HAVE A PARTIAL ANSWER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S QUESTION. THE BUILDERS HAVE TO. THE PIPES
BUILDER AND MELISSA SAID NO. >> THE GALLONS PER DAY OUR REFERENCE RIGHT FROM OUR SERVICE POLICY AND THERE FROM DATED STANDARDS BACK FROM THE 1990S. BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE MEMORIALIZED IN OUR SERVICE POLICY THAT'S WHAT WE TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNTY . THAT'S WHAT WE USE IN OUR DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS WHEN SOMEONE IS RESERVING CAPACITY THROUGH THAT PROCESS , THAT IS WHAT'S REFERENCED IN DEVELOPER
GRANTS . >> IN SHORT IT'S AN ARCHAIC POLICY AND WERE JUST TRYING TO GET IT BACK TO CURRENT
STANDARDS? >> IT'S WHAT HAS BEEN SINCE 1994 IN C COA SERVICE AVAILABILITY POLICY. IT IS
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DIFFERENT FROM SERVICE POLICIES WE SEE IN TODAY'S GENERAL WATER USE. BECAUSE IT IS A MEMORIALIZED POLICY THAT'S WHYIT'S THERE . >> SEEING AS IT'S WATER CONSERVATION MONTH, THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT ACTUAL WATER USE FROM THE HOMES IN THE 2000, GENERALLY THE WATER USE PER HOME IS ABOUT 175 TO 200 GALLONS PER DAY IS PRETTY TYPICAL. GENERALLY WASTEWATER FLOWS IS ABOUT 70% OF
>> I HAD A MORE ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION, THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE 2040 COMP PLAN AND I THINK LAST MEETING WE PROMULGATED TO OUR 2025 COMP PLAN SO IF THE ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN
THAT ONE. >> YES, HE DID APPROVE 2045 LAST MEETING, BUT IT DOES NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL IT GOES TO THE STATE AND THE STATE HAS 45 DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO MAKE A DECISION AND SEND IT BACK. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE STATE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHEN THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE BUT SINCE THEY DID NOT PROVIDE THE ANSWERS THIS WAS NOT ADVERTISED SO WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU IT WILL GO IN THE 2040 OR 2045.
>> I THOUGHT I CAUGHT A TYPO BUT THEY EXPLAINED THAT ONE.
>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY I BELIEVE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I PROVE APPROVAL OF TRANSMITTAL COMP PLAN 2025 TO
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, I WILL
[19. Public Hearing to consider transmittal of COMP 25-0007. (B. Carson)]
MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TRANSMITTAL COMP 2025 007 AND I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TOSPEAK. OH, SORRY! >> THAT'S OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, BETH CARSON PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. THIS IS ALSO AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2040 OR 2045 COMP PLAN. SPECIFICALLY THIS IS COMP PLAN 2507 IS THE APPLICATION AND A STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION TO AMEND FUTURE LAND USE POLICY 1.9.6.
THIS IS PROMPTED BY A REQUEST BY THE COMMUNITY TO ADD THE ERRORS LOT EXEMPTION TO THE AS BARRY STANDARDS . IT WAS NOT INCLUDED AT THE TIME THE MASTER PLANS WERE ADOPT IT. WHAT THE AIR SLOT EXCEPTION IS IT ALLOWS A PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS A PARCEL THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND AND ZONING TO CUT OFF A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND NOT PORTION CAN BE GIVEN TO AN ERROR. THE PROPERTY DOESN'T HAVE TO MEET THE SAME STANDARD THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNERS HAS TO MEET, WHICH IS LET'S SAY IN AG IT HAS TO BE A 20 ACRE PARCEL THEY CAN HAVE OVER A ONE ACRE PARCEL TO AN HEIR. THE LAKE COMMUNITY REACHED OUT TO US IN PARTICULAR WANTED TO HAVE THIS POLICY OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THE CHANGE THE POLICY 1.9.6 IS TO MAKE IT MORE GENERAL POLICY , COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY, SHOULD BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE. THE DETAILED POLICY IS IN THE LAND DEVELOPENT CODE. THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN ONE .9 .6 , I AM MESSING WITH YOU TERESA I APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT FLIPPING PAGES CORRECTLY. THE PART THAT IS BEING STRUCK IS THAT ALREADY IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE . THERE WILL BE A COMPANION APPLICATION TO AMEND THE LAKE AS BARRY STANDARDS TO IT AS WELL. THIS AMENDMENT IS TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE FROM HERE AND JUST LEAVE IT AS A GENERAL POLICY THE COUNTY SHALL ESTABLISH AND FOR THE TRANSFER OF LAND FOR THE USE OF FAMILY MEMBERS FOR THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCES. AND, LET'S SEE. SO LIKE ASBERRY ALSO REVIEWED THIS ITEM AND THEY VOTED TO RECOMMEND IN FAVOR OF THE HEIR EXCEPTION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED TO TRANSMIT COMP 2507. WITH STAFF APPROVAL TO
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TRANSMIT THIS? OR DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?>> BETH, I'M NOT WANTING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT ABOUT THIS BUT I AM CURIOUS TO ANY THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE STATE CONTENDING WITH THE CHANGE LIKE THIS . I CAN'T IMAGINE IN LIGHT OF THE REASON WHY WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION THAT THERE WOULD BE CONTENTION BUT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THE STATE
REJECTING THE TEXT CHANGE? >> NOT AT ALL.
>> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, IS THERE A REASON WHY THIS IS NOT ALREADY IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND LAND USE
CODE? >> IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE BRANDON FILLED AND LAKE ASBERRY. TERESA, CAN YOU GO BACK A SLIDE?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIFORMITY SOME WONDERING WHY THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE INITIAL APPROACH. WAS THERE SOME SORT OF PHILOSOPHICAL REASON AS TO WHY IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
JUST ACROSS THE BOARD? >> WE HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT ARE MORE DETAILED IN THE COMP PLAN THEN THEY SHOULD BE, THEY SHOULD BE GENERAL. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SHOULD BE THE MORE DETAILED POLICY APPLICATION. THE COMP PLAN SHOULD BE MORE VISIONARY , MORE GOAL ORIENTED WITH OBJECTIVES AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT DETAILS WE GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS . WE HAVE LOTS OF POLICIES THAT HAVE BOTH, THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF DETAIL AND WE COULD'VE DONE THIS A NUMBER OF WAYS. WE COULD'VE AMENDED THE POLICY TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND ADD BRANDON VILLE AND LAKE ASBERRY TO IT INSTEAD WE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS LESS SPECIFIC AND THEN WE WILL AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE LAKE ASBERRY AND BRANDON VILLE
STANDARD IN IT. >> I UNDERSTAND. I GUESS THE DEEPER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS , IF THE STATE WOULDN'T CONTEND WITH IT THEN WHAT IS THE PURPOSE IN TRANSMITTING IT TO THEM?
>> BECAUSE IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAVE TO TRANSMIT IT TO THE STATE FOR THEIR REVIEW.
>> I WILL RESERVE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. THANK YOU.
>> IT'S MUCH LIKE IF WE WERE TO AMEND THE FUTURE USE LAND MAP WE HAVE TO TRANSMIT THAT. IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ACRES
WE ALSO HAVE TO TRANSMIT IT. >> I GUESS I'M JUST MISING THE IMPORT OF THAT . NOT TO DISPARAGE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE STATE BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT'S COUNTY SPECIFIC WHAT ROLE DOES THE STATE PLAY IN EVALUATING THE CHANGE?
>> ONCE UPON A TIME THE STATE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
>> OKAY. THAT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE HEARING . I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE IS NO MORE DISCUSSION I
WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION . >> MOVE APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSMITTAL OF COMP 2025 - 007 .
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. >> GOOD JOB .
>> THERE WILL BE SOME HAPPY PEOPLE IN LAKE ASBERRY .
[14. Bid No. 24/25-027, Green Cove Springs Fuel Island Canopy Repair (K. Smith)]
>> IF THE STATE APPROVES . >> YES . ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL GO BACK TO NEW BUSINESS , NUMBER 14. BID NUMBER 2425 - 027. FUEL
ISLAND CANOPY REPAIR . >> YES, THIS ITEM IS UNDER NEW BUSINESS. WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID, THIS IS WORK TO IMPROVE THE FUEL ISLAND HERE IN GREEN CUP SPRINGS AT THE PUBLIC WATER SITE. WE RECEIVED ONE BID AND WERE RECOMMENDING THE BASE BID TO ADVANTAGE CONTRACTING GROUP, A GROUP WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST. THEY DID SOME REPAIRS AT OUR MIDDLEBURG FUEL ISLAND SO WE ARE COMFORTABLE THEY CAN DO THIS WORK. IT'S TO ADD NEW COLUMNS TO STRENGTHEN THE CANOPIES AND THE GUTTERS, WE REALLY NEED TO
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GET THIS DONE BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON.>> ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? >> I MOVE APPROVAL.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE .
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 15 SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER
[15. Substance Use Disorder Recovery Complex (E. Dendor / W. Sams / C. Singleton)]
RECOVERY COMPLEX. >> GOOD EVENING , CRAIG SINGLETON PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY CENTER. IN THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL BE GOING OVER THE BRAK GROUND , THREE OPTIONS WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND REQUEST. SO THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER RECOVERY CENTER WAS TO REMODEL THE COUNTY OWNED MEDICAL FACILITY AND PASS ELECTRIC BUILDINGS LOCATED ON BEAR RUN BOULEVARD. RIGHT NOW BOTH OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE VACANT.
AFTER DOING A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH WE REALIZE THAT PARCEL IS LOCATED IN A FLOOD ZONE. PER FEMA REGULATIONS THIS REQUIRED US TO KEEP THE PROJECT COST BELOW 50% OF THE STRUCTURAL VALUE, SO THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY $330,000 . IT WAS APPARENT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT , THAT'S WHY WE ARE PRESENTING OPTIONS. THE CURRENT FUNDING SOURCE IS ABOUT 3 MILLION GRANT, 1 MILLION OPUS SETTLEMENT FUNDS WHICH WE GET ON AVERAGE 300 THOUSAND ANNUALLY AND 500,000 CLP ADVOCATED FOR DESIGN. OPTION ONE IS TO PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL PARCEL, NUMBER 04 - 05 - 25 - 009 001 - 001 AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING BUILDING. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED P.O.D. SO DOES NOT REQUIRE ZONING. WITH THE REAL ESTATE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION THE ROUGH ESTIMATE IS AROUND $4 MILLION . OPTION TWO IS TO BUILD A NEW SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY CENTER AT BEAR BOULEVARD. THIS WOULD REQUIRE US TO DEMO THE CURRENT FACILITY AND RAISE THE FLOOR AND CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING. THE PARCEL IS ALSO ZONED P01 SO NO ZONING IS REQUIRED. THE ROUGH ORDER ESTIMATE ON THAT ONE IS 6.3 MILLION. BOTH OF THESE TWO OPTIONS HAVE THE SAME TIMEFRAME OF COMPLETION OF 24, 28 MONTHS. OPTION THREE IS TO CONTINUE THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATE BUILDINGS TO PURCHASE . PHONED RECOMMENDATION REQUESTS , OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE STAFF TO APPROVE OPTION ONE. IF THE BOARD APPROVED THAT WE WOULD REQUEST THE APPROVAL TO USE ALTERNATIVE PURCHASING
>> CLAY BEHAVIOR WILL HAVE A BIG PART OF THIS BUILDING.
>> .5 MILES. >> I KNEW THEY WERE CLOSE.
>> THAT'S MY THOUGHT AS WELL. IT'S KIND OF A GOOD LOCATION FOR THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD SO IT WILL HELP RESIDENTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO CLAY BEHAVIORAL FOR COUNSELING SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SITUATIONS .
THIS WOULD BE NICE THAT IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. OBVIOUSLY
THE PRICE TAG IS OPTIMAL. >> WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CLAY BEHAVIORAL HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING BUT I AM WITH CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AND WE LOVE THE NEW PLACE AND WE REALLY THINK IT WILL APPROVE EFFICIENCIES. AS A NONPROFIT WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING EFFICIENT SO WE LOVE THIS PLAN.
>> MISS TOTO, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IT'S KIND OF A GENERIC QUESTION, WOULD YOU SEE SENDING CLIENTS THERE? THERE WOULD BE REFERRALS FROM YOUR CLINIC TO A FACILITY LIKE THAT?
>> CURRENTLY WE MAKE THE REFERRALS IF IT'S NEEDED FOR INPATIENT DETOX WE REFER TO GATEWAY IN JACKSONVILLE.
>> WHILE, A RESIDENTS REQUIRED TO FIND THEIR OWN WAY THERE?
>> YES THEY ARE. WE HAVE HERE SPECIALISTS SO THEY CAN DRIVE
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THEM THERE. WITH DETOX AND GATEWAY OR ST. JOHNS COUNTY THROUGH EPIC IT'S LIKE WHEN A BED IS AVAILABLE. YOU MAY GO THERE AND THEY SAY BETS NOT AVAILABLE TRY TOMORROW SO IT'S KIND OF JUST YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING UNTIL A BED IS AVAILABLE.YOU REALLY CAN'T RESERVE A DESIGNATED BED TO BE AVAILABLE
WHEN YOU NEED IT. >> THANK YOU.
>> WE VISITED TOGETHER, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING SOMETHING TOGETHER BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS TWO PARTS, ONE, IS YOUR VISION FOR THIS LOCATION TO BE A RESOURCE THAT WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT THOSE OTHER COUNTIES HAVE TO
OFFER OR STANDALONE? >> STANDALONE.
>> THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE WAS, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME QUITE A BIT OF SPACE IN THE EPIC LOCATION, ARE WE HOPING TO CONDENSE SOME OF OUR RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SUIT THAT NEED HERE? IS YOUR THOUGHT THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW INVOLVED, I KNOW THIS IS VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS BUT HAS YOUR TEAM BEGUN TO CONSTRUCT PLANS OR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AS TO WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO SEE WITH THIS FACILITY?
>> THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. WE CONSTRUCTED VISIONS AND WE HAVE VISUALIZED THE BEAR RUN LOCATION. WE PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR BEAR RUN AND WHEN IT SWITCHES WE WILL . WE ENVISION IF THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR OUTPATIENT COUNSELORS BASED THERE AS WELL SO THERE CAN BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM INPATIENT TO RESIDENTIAL TO OUT PATIENT AND HAVE CONTINUAL CARE. DOES THAT HELP?
>> IT DOES. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE GOT TO SEE OUT THAT WAY, THANK YOU
FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING. WE DID DO THE SPACE ANALYSIS TO SAY WHAT ROOMS WE NEEDED SO WE FEEL THIS FACILITY
WILL MEET THE SPACE REQUIREMENT. >> THE CONCEPTUAL MEETING WITH THEM WE ADDED EVERYTHING UP AND IT WAS 8600 SQUARE FEET WAS THEIR DREAM LIST TO FIT EVERYTHING. THEY THOUGHT THEY NEED A LITTLE LOCATION IS 9370 SQUARE FEET, SO IT'S A LITTLE LARGER THAN WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH.
>> CRAIG, RUN THAT ONE BACK. WHICH ONE WAS LARGER?
>> OPTION NUMBER ONE. >> SO, 9000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE DOLLAR TREE. I GOTCHA . IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT, I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR CONSTRUCTION , IF WE WERE TO GO WITH OPTION ONE.
>> BETWEEN NINE AND 12 MONTHS . >> OKAY.
>> THE TRIAL WOULD BE SHORTER THEN THE BEAR RUN.
>> I WAS TAKING THAT BUT THAT ALSO MEANS YOU ARE FACTORING A FULL YEAR FOR PURCHASE OF THE PARCEL.
>> DESIGN AS WELL. OPTION ONE WOULD BE ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS FOR REAL ESTATE, NINE MONTHS FOR DESIGN AND SIX MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION. BEAR RUN WAS 12 MONTHS OF DESIGN AND 12 MONTHS
OF CONSTRUCTION. >> ALL RIGHT, I HAVE TO SAY 2020 , THIS IS ONE OF MY PASSIONS. VISIT WITH TRAVIS WAY BACK WHEN AND THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING QUITE A BIT AND PLAYED INTO US GETTING THE MONEY FROM THE STATE. A VERY ECSTATIC AFTER THIS. YOU DIDN'T REALIZE, WE DON'T HAVE THIS YEAR AND WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED. OUR PEOPLE NEED IT. UNFORTUNATELY YOU CANNOT SAY ONE PLACE IS PERFECT FOR IT BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE READY FOR THIS AND DEFINITELY I'M PRAYING THAT EVERYTHING GOES FORWARD . WE'VE
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BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT. ANYWAYS, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT.>> IF I CAN SAY ONE THING. HAVING FAMILIES OR YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM INVOLVED WHEN YOU TRY TO ENTER RECOVERY IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE TRANSPORTATION IS THE BARRIER. TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO RIVERSIDE TO GET TO GATEWAY, WHICH IS A LITTLE CLOSER, CAN BE A REAL HARDSHIP FOR FOLKS AND IT'S HARD FOR FAMILIES WHEN THEY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN TREATMENT PLANS AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE RESIDENCES.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE PROCEED FURTHER WITH OPTION ONE AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
>> SECOND . >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, ARE YOU TAKING BOTH A AND B?
>> JV MADE THE MOTION. >> YEAH, THAT'S MY MOTION.
>> WHAT IS THAT? >> THERE JUST CONFIRMING ITS A
AND B? >> I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF OPTION ONE AND APPROVE THE UTILIZATION KNOWN AS PUBLIC HEARING FOR PURCHASE .
>> I WILL SECOND THE AMENDMENT. >> FRIENDLY SUGGESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE MOTION, IS NOT TO PURCHASE IT BUT MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATIONS LOOKING INTO OPTION ONE.
>> YES, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. >> PERFECT .
>> THAT IS MY SECOND AS WELL. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.
[16. Elevate Florida Program (T. Devin)]
>> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ELEVATE
FLORIDA PROGRAM. >> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I AM BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND A VOTE ON DIRECTION THE COUNTY SHOULD GO. LET ME GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW. THE STATE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE STATEWIDE PRESS RELEASE FOR NEW PROGRAM CALLED ELEVATE FLORIDA ON FEBRUARY 7TH. THAT'S ONLY 60 DAYS AGO. THEY ANNOUNCED THEY HAD THEIR OWN FUNDING SOURCE OF 240 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN ALL COUNTIES IN FLORIDA. ANY CITIZEN COULD APPLY AND RECEIVE UP TO 70% TOWARDS THE MITIGATION PROJECT. THAT WOULD MEAN THE CITIZEN WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A 25% MATCH. ON MARCH 17TH THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ONLY THREE WEEKS AGO, PROVIDED THE STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT FOR ELEVATE FLORIDA. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE STATE ASKED FOR THE LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE DECISION AT THE NEXT MEETING AS TO WHETHER THEY HAD ANY LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM HURRICANE HELENE OR MILTON THAT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED THE POSSIBLY ALLOCATE TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM. OUR COMMITTEE MET ON ARCH 27TH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. DURING THAT COMMITTEE BOTH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY DETERMINED THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS OUTSIDE OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE AND MANAGER, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS TOWARDS THE BOARD TONIGHT. THE LMS PROCESS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS, ESTABLISHED UNDER DISASTER MITIGATION PACT OF 2000. IT ESTABLISHED TO WHERE AFTER A DISASTER COUNTIES WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING. IT WOULD BASICALLY BE BROKEN UP INTO TEARS IF WE WERE DIRECTED OR SEVERELY IMPACTED IT WOULD BE AT TEAR ONE. IF WE WERE NOT AS IMPACTED IT WOULD BE TEAR TWO. IF WE RECEIVED A LITTLE IMPACT IT WOULD BE TEAR THREE AND THEN YOU HAVE COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT IMPACTED AT ALL. SO FOR HURRICANE HELENE CLAY COUNTY DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE H MGP FUNDING. ONLY 36 COUNTIES QUALIFIED FOR THE H MGP FUNDING. FOR HER TO HURRICANE MILTON CLAY COUNTY QUALIFIED FOR FUNDING AND IS LOOKING TO RECEIVING JUST UNDER 7.1 MILLION IN H MGP FUNDS FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS. TAKE
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INTO ACCOUNT THOSE PROJECTS AND COMPASS, KEYSTONE, PENNY FARM, LAKE ASBURY, THE COUNTY ITSELF, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO EVERYONE WITHIN THE COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THAT LIST . SO FOR HELENE THERE WAS ONLY 40 COUNTIES THAT RECEIVE THE H MGP FUNDING. 67 COUNTIES SO THAT'S 27 THAT IS NOT. THE REASON I'M MAKING THE TWO POINTS FROM THE STORM IS THE AMOUNT OF COUNTIES. SO OUR LMS LIST, 7.1 THAT WE POTENTIALLY HAVE, WE HAVE 98 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT EXIST ON THE LMS LIST. THAT LIST HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS. WE MEET QUARTERLY, PROJECTS CONTINUALLY GET PUT ON THE LIST, FUNDED AND TAKEN OFF THE LIST . CURRENTLY WE HAVE 61 WHICH IS $98 MILLION. 7.1 MILLION WAS EARMARKED FOR THE NEXT PROJECTS ON THE LIST. SAMPLES OF THE PROJECTS ARE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GENERATORS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDENING PROJECTS FOR CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS SITES AND CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT . HARDENING OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. HARDENING OF STORM SHELTERS. STORMWATER MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS, UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE .THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT EXIST ON THAT LIST. TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS DISCUSSION AND A VOTE ON THE AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE THAT CLAY COUNTY MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO DE-OBLIGATE TO THE STATES. WE ARE RECEIVING JUST UNDER 7.1 MILLION SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF AS A COUNTY WE WANT TO ADD TO THE ELEVATE FLORIDA POD. THERE'S ALREADY 240 MILLION IN THAT POT SO RESIDENCES CAN CURRENTLY APPLY FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS FOR THE RESIDENCES. IN ADDITION THERE IS CDBG DR WHICH IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY. THERE IS THE NORMAL IA PROCESS CITIZENS COULD GO THROUGH. IN ADDITION TO H MGP WHICH IS HAZARDOUS MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM THAT EXISTS. SO THERE'S ALREADY OTHER FUNDING STREAMS THAT COULD, IF THE CITIZENS APPLIED, RECEIVE. BOTH DEBBIE, HELENE AND MILTON, ALL THREE STORMS, WE DID NOT REALLY HAVE ANY SEVERE FLOODING WITHIN CLAY COUNTY. THE DAMAGE WE RECEIVE BEING IN AN INLAND COUNTY WAS A LOT MORE MODERATE IN NATURE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES. TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALSO THIS CAN BE READDRESSED AFTER ANY STORM. IF WE, HOPEFULLY NOT, THE STORM SEASON HAVE ANOTHER STORM IN THIS COULD COME OUT AGAIN IF WE ARE TO RECEIVE H MGP FUNDING. WITH THAT I OPEN IT UP . I HAVE THE DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER, I KNOW TROY IS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND MEGAN IS ALSO IN THE ROOM SO I OPEN IT UP FOR ANY SUBJECTS OF
>> I SEE ELEVATE FLORIDA OPEN FEBRUARY 7TH.
>> CORRECT. >> I THOUGHT IT CLOSES APRIL
>> SO IT WILL CLOSE IN THREE DAYS?
>> CORRECT. >> DO WE KNOW OF ANY HOMES IN
CLAY COUNTY HAVE APPLIED? >> BEFORE THIS MEETING I PULLED UP THE STATES DASHBOARD AND THERE'S NO ONE FROM CLAY COUNTY ON THE LIST. INTERESTINGLY NO LIST HAS 2000 APPLICANTS ON THE COUNTY BUT THEY WERE MORE DIRECTLY HIT AND WE WERE.
>> OUT OF THE 7 MILLION, WHATEVER WE DONATE WOULD GO
WHERE? >> IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE
STATE. >> TO AUGMENT $250 MILLION
ALREADY IN ELEVATE FLORIDA? >> THAT IS CORRECT. THEY WOULD
ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO REQUIREMENT TO TAP INTO THAT FUND THAT WE KNOW. WE HAVE THREE
MORE DAYS. >> CORRECT, THEY CAN STILL APPLY. 240 MILLION IN ELEVATE FLORIDA.
>> TODAY WE HAVE NONE . >> HIM, I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW DOES THE STATE DETERMINE H MGP FUNDING? 7.1 MILLION, HOW DID
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THEY DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS EACH COUNTY GETS?>> WHICH ONE WANTS TO TAKE THAT ONE?
>> COURTNEY WILL TELL ME IF I'M WRONG ON SOME OF THIS OR PERHAPS MEGAN OR TROY . AS I REMEMBER THEY DID FORMULA FUNDING, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT COME IN FOR AN AREA. AS YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND THEY MAKE THOSE ASSESSMENTS , TYPICALLY IT'S BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS.
>> YOU SAY IT'S BASED OFF CLAIMS? WHAT KIND OF DATA DO WE GIVE THEM WHEN THERE IS A HURRICANE. WHAT KIND OF DATA DO WE SEND THEM TO DETERMINE THAT?
>> IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN EVENT COUNTIES ARE REQUESTED TO DO A POST STORM COUNTY ASSESSMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THE INTERNAL COUNTY AND THE INFORMATION IS PASSED TO THE STATE . THAT'S THE BASIS OF WHAT THEY DO. THEY MAKE THE BASIS OF THAT ASSESSMENT AND IT BECOMES PART OF THE FEDERAL DECLARATION THAT IS MADE FOR THE REQUEST FOR FEMA FOUR DOLLARS . I WILL PREFACE THIS . THAT WAS THE POLICY IN PLACE DURING THE LAST STORM SEASON. WE ARE REALLY NOT SURE WHERE WE WILL BE IN THE STORM SEASON YET, ALTHOUGH THAT FORMULA IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STAFF AND HOW WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE THAT. SO AT LEAST THIS INFORMATION WE UTILIZE FOR THE DECISION TONIGHT
IS BASE ON THAT PAST EXPERIENCE. >> TO ADD TO THAT , FROM HELENE THEY ARE RECEIVING 52 MILLION, FROM MILTON THEY'RE RECEIVING 62 MILLION. THEY ARE MORE DIRECT HIT, CLAY COUNTY IS RECEIVING
JUST UNDER 7.1 MILLION. >> BASED ON DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
>> TIM, QUESTION FOR YOU . BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION WE HAVE OF ELEVATE FLORIDA, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IF WE WERE TO GIVE A PERCENTAGE TO ELEVATE FLORIDA THAT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD
COME BACK INTO PLAY? >> CORRECT. BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROGRAM IT IS STILL EVOLVING. THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ONLY CAME BACK THREE WEEKS AGO. THEY SAFELY ALLOCATE A PERCENTAGE TONIGHT IT WOULD FIRST GO TO CLAY COUNTY. IF WE HAVE NO ONE APPLY DOES THE MONEY COME BACK TO CLAY COUNTY? SINCE MYSELF AND MEGAN ACTUALLY SAID ON A CALL THIS WEEK. WE ARE TO RECEIVE SO MANY APPLICATIONS FROM MID TO SOUTH FLORIDA WOULD THE MONEY GO TO ANOTHER COUNTY? WE ARE NOT SURE .
>> DID YOU SAY THERE IS OTHER POLICY BESIDES ?
>> CORRECT. RIGHT AFTER A STORM ANY CITIZEN CAN APPLY FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE. THEY CONTACT FEMA AND WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD MINOR DAMAGE. WE HAD A TREE FALL ON A MOBILE HOME. THEY REACHED OUT AND WENT TO THE FEMA PROCESS AND RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE FROM THAT. THAT'S ONE FUNDING STREAM. THE SECOND IS ELEVATE FLORIDA. THE SECOND IS CDBG ARE WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. CLAY COUNTY HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT BETWEEN LAZY ACRE WE HAVE DONE HOME BUYOUTS TO TURN THE PROPERTY BACK INTO FLOOD PROPERTY. THOSE WERE FLOOD LOSSES TO REDUCE THE RISK FOR THAT. IN ADDITION THERE IS HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM THAT ALSO COMES INTO PLAY.
>> FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS IN THE BLACK CREEK AREA IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THIS, YOU SEE ALL THE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN ELEVATED. THOSE HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DONE OVER THE PAST 20 OR 30 YEARS DURING SEVERE STORM EVENTS WHERE FLOOD LOSS DOLLARS HAVE COME IN. I THINK THE STATE IS TAKING THIS APPROACH GIVEN THE FAIRLY CATASTROPHIC COASTAL STORM SURGE AND COASTAL WATER YOU SAW ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST AND INTO THE BIG BAND AREA . SO THERE UTILIZING THAT BASIS AS A REASON TO CARVE OUT SOME OF THE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY TO HELP OUT RESIDENTS ELEVATE THE HOMES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE AND IT MAKES SENSE. THE QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IS WHETHER THIS DECISION MAKES SENSE FROM A CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS GIVEN THAT WE HAVE BOTH NOT EXPERIENCED THAT AND WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH MITIGATION INTO THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT TIM INDICATED EARLIER . THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH TONIGHT.
>> JUST TO GET SOME CONTEXT, WE ARE IN INLAND COUNTY. IF YOU
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LOOK AT DEVOL THEY HAVE TAKEN 25% OF THEIR ALLOCATIONS BUT THEY HAVE THE OCEAN, INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY, THE ST.JOHNS RIVER. SAME WITH ST. JOHN'S, THEY WERE LOOKING AT 15% TO HELP ALLOCATE BUT ONCE AGAIN THE OCEAN NEVER HOST THE WATERWAY OF ST. JOHN'S. WE ARE LOOKING AT ST. JOHN'S AND LACK CREEK. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY IF I HAD A LONG LIST OF REPETITIVE LIST IN CLAY COUNTY. I DON'T. WE REALLY DIDN'T RECEIVE MUCH FROM DEBBIE HELENE OR MILTON WHEN IT
CAME TO FLOODING. >> WE DON'T EVEN KNOW REALLY?
>> WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS WE HAVE ON THE TABLE. ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS I HAD BEFORE. THE FUNDING IS TO STAY WITHIN CLAY COUNTY. 7.1 MILLION IS PART OF IT THAT WILL GO TO A SCHOOL SHELTER AND WE HAVE TO HARDEN THAT SHELTER. THE CITIZENS ARE STILL GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IF THEY HAVE TO EVACUATE. SAME WITH THE GENERATORS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY WILL UTILIZE THOSE SO THE MONEY WILL STAY IN CLAY COUNTY EVEN IF WE VOTE TO DO 0% IN THIS PARTICULAR STORM. THE NEXT STORM MAYBE WE ARE BETTER OFF AT WE CAN DONATE MORE. MAYBE NOT.
>> YOU MENTIONED IT, OUR CURRENT LMS IS HOW MUCH?
>> 61 PROJECTS SITTING ON THERE AND THEY TOLD RIGHT AT $91 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS . 7.1 WILL GO DOWN THE LIST OF THE NEXT FIVE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST . LIKE I SAID THIS IS UNUSUAL.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS THEY HAVE NOT ASKED US AS
A COUNTY TO DO THIS BEFORE. >> DOES THE $90 MILLION FIGURE FACTOR INTO THE 7.1 THAT WE ARE GETTING FOR MILTON?
>> 7.1 WOULD COME OFF THE 90 MILLION THAT IS SITTING THERE.
>> I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY 98 EARLIER.
>> CORRECT, 98,000, 816, 581. SO 99 MILLION, YES.
>> THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. >> ON THE LIST YOU SHOWED ME EARLIER TODAY THE LIST OF COUNTIES THAT HAVE EITHER CONTRIBUTED OR NOT CONTRIBUTED. MORE INLAND COUNTIES HAVE
CONTRIBUTED LESS, CORRECT? >> FOR HURRICANE MILTON THEY'RE 27 COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE THAT WERE NOT HIT BY MILTON.
THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY FUNDS SO THEY CANNOT DONATE TO ELEVATE FLORIDA. FOR HURRICANE TELLING THERE WAS ONLY 26 GIVEN, OVER 40 COUNTIES THAT WERE IMPACTED THAT COULD RECEIVE FUNDS. LIKE US, WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY FROM HURRICANE HELENE SO WE CANNOT
OFFER ANY. >> I KNOW THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM, WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL ASK? IF WE DON'T CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TONIGHT DO YOU THINK NEXT YEAR THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THAT WINDOW AGAIN? IS THIS AN INITIAL
LOCK IT IN TO WIN? >> NOT SURE, IT'S SUCH A NEW PROGRAM I REALLY DO NOT KNOW. IT'S THE SAME QUESTION ALL THE DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN ASKING AS WELL, WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ON BOTH LEVEL STATE AND FEDERAL, IT IS HARD TO SAY.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS ? SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO OR NOT. CORRECT.
>> WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE FEEL? WHAT PERCENTAGE DOES THE COUNTY FEEL WE WOULD NEED TO ADD TO ELEVATE THE RESIDENCES?
>> I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. CURRENTLY WITH THE LMS PLAN HAVING CLOSE TO $99 MILLION OF PROJECTS AND ONLY RECEIVING 7 MILLION THROUGH HMGP WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. I'M NOT SURE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION AT THIS TIME IS AN EFFECTIVE USE OF THAT $7 MILLION. THE OTHER THING IS OUR RESIDENCES DO HAVE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE LMS FUNDS, THROUGH THE HOUSING BUYBACK PROGRAM, THROUGH THE CBD GR PROGRAM THERE ARE PATHWAYS TO GET FUNDING IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. I JUST
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DON'T KNOW IF ADDING ANOTHER BUCKET THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY GUARANTEED. LMS MONEY WOULD COME BACK TO CLAY COUNTY BUT NOT THE ELEVATE FLORIDA CONTRIBUTION. CORRECT?>> I AM NOT SURE. IT IS SO NEW. >> BUT WE CANNOT SIT HERE AND GUARANTEE THAT TONIGHT. THAT IS SOMETHING I AM VERY LEERY OF.
>> SO IS THAT A MOTION? >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I WILL MAKE A COMMENT AND A MOTION. WITHOUT ANY APPLICATION TO ELEVATE FROM OUR RESIDENCES, ONLY THREE MORE DAYS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE. WE HAVE TO LOOK I THINK FIRST TRICK THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION WE
PARTICIPATE BY DONATING 0%. >> I SECOND THE MOTION.
>> I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY
OPPOSED? >> EXCELLENT. IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD.
[20. Discussion of Appointment to the Tourist Development Council]
>> THOMAS SMITH WAS APPOINTED TO REPRESENT THE TAURUS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND HE WILL FULFILL THE REMAINING TERM PREVIOUSLY HELD BY STEPHEN KELLY. DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT?
>> MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY REALLY QUICK THAT THOMAS IS THE VICE MAYOR OF GREENE CO. CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AND MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK HE WILL DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THE TDC. ALSO SHOT UP TO KELLY.
WE HAVE HAD ONE TDC ON THE BOARD AND YOU CAN TELL STEVE KELLY HAS BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR A LONG TIME AND MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT. HE WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL INTO THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM. I HAVE NO DOUBT THOMAS WILL TAKE THE TORCH INTO A GREAT JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS APPOINTMENT.
[21. Letter of Support for the Northeast Florida Builders Association]
>> I SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THIS IS A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THEIR APPROPRIATION REQUEST FOR THEIR APPRENTICESHIP THEY SPOKE OF EARLIER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE APPROVAL.
>> I WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE WORKFORCE AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THERE'S A LOT OF SATISFACTIO AND TRADE SO I THINK IT'S A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHETHER THEY GO TO GARVER, AUTOMALL, BECOME A CERTIFIED MECHANIC OR A CERTIFIED PLUMBER AIR-CONDITIONING OR WHATEVER. AS MIKE ROWE WOULD SAY, THE DIRTY JOBS IS WHERE IT'S AT. HE IS ALL IN FOR THAT. I SUPPORT EFFORTS SUCH AS THIS
WHOLEHEARTEDLY. >> MADAM CHAIR, BEING IN EDUCATION AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. LUCKILY FOR US THIS IS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. OF THE EIGHT COUNTIES NORTH IS APPRENTICESHIP SERVICES, CLAY COUNTY IS NUMBER TWO IN APPRENTICES . SUPERINTENDENT BROSKI SAYS THE GOAL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE THREE EASE. EMPLOY, ENLIST AND ENROLL. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE OR ENLIST IN THE MILITARY. I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST PEOPLE LOOKING INTO THE PROGRAM IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE. THE PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE.
THEY HAVE NEW GRADS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN OR LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS
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PEOPLE TO LEAD EDUCATED, DEBT-FREE AND GET PAID WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM. SO THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT CHRISTINA AND HER TEAM, CHARLIE LIBRETTO HAVE BUILT OUR FANTASTIC AND I REALLY HOPE THE LEGISLATURE CAN GET THIS APPROPRIATION . WE CAN ALL CREATE MORE JOBS AND CLAY. IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING.>> WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
[22. Bid Opening Tabulations (K. Smith)]
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE LETTERS OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE CANOPY REPAIR AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL. AS WELL AS A PROFESSIONAL
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES . VERY GOOD. I WILL OPEN MY SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. IS IT ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL[COUNTY ATTORNEY]
RIGHT AND I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER?>> UNEXPECTEDLY , WE JUST RECEIVED A NOTICE AT 514 THIS AFTERNOON. SO I WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE CHAIR OR THE COUNTY MANAGER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN A MEETING. I WOULD LIKE A SHADE MEETING IN THE LITIGATION MATTER. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TERESA AND OF TRYING TO COORDINATE A TIME ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY LOOKING AT YOUR CALENDAR IT LOOKS LIKE TUESDAY MORNING MIGHT BE BEST . IT'S IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPIOID LITIGATION AND THE HAVE TO HAVE A DECISION BY THE
EVENING OF APRIL 15TH. >> IS A PUBLIC NOTICE AND YOU HAVE TO CONVENE THE SHADE MEETING. AFTER THE SHADE MEETING
RECONVENED. >> YOU HAVE A PROPOSE TIME ON
TUESDAY? >> FROM LOOKING AT YOUR CALENDARS LOOKING AT 9 A.M. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE EVERYONE HAS ON THE CALENDAR. THERE WAS SOMETHING ON YOUR
CALENDAR AT 10. >> BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. IN THE REGULAR MEETING. I KNOW CHARISSE WAS AWARE, THAT YOUR BUILDING OVER THERE. DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? CLAY COUNTY CTC EVALUATION. SUMMER JONES IS AND THAT HOW IT WORKS?
>> I HAVE A CONFLICT AT THAT TIME ALSO ON MY CALENDAR FOR
TUESDAY HERE . >> IT WOULD'VE BEEN AFTER 9:00, IT WAS AT 10:30 . WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET YOUR MEETING DONE
AFTER 10:30. >> I THINK WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE ANYTIME MONDAY OR TUESDAY, WHATEVER WOULD WORK.
>> MONDAY DOES NOT WORK FOR ME. >> I CAN DO MONDAY. OH,
NEVERMIND. >> I CAN MAKE TUESDAY WORK.
>> YEAH, MONDAYS ARE HARDER FOR ME TO SWING.
>> BETWEEN 10 AND 2. >> YEAH , NO, I AM GOOD FOR ANY
>> IF I CAN DO IT AFTER 1030 ON MY CALENDAR IT IS GOOD.
>> 11? I GIVE YOU 30 MINUTES. >> THAT IS PLENTY. I TRUST .
YES. 1130 IS FINE. >> 11 OR 1130?
>> 1130 IS BETTER. >> 11:30 ON TUESDAY APRIL 15TH.
OKAY. WE WILL HAVE IT NOTICED AND COORDINATE WITH TERESA.
THANK YOU. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON
[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
BEHALF OF THE COUNTY MANAGER. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?
>> I CAN START. JUST TO COMMEND THE STAFF ON THE 50TH
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENDING OF THE VIETNAM WAR SERVICE WE HAD ON THE 29TH OF MARCH , IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS APRIL . A REAL GOOD JOB. KIND OF A MOVING CEREMONY AND I WANT TO COMPLEMENT DREAMLAND SQUADRON FROM HOW LOUISVILLE ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB FLYOVER AND THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME. CS X, YES . CLAY COUNTY FAIR OPENED ON THE THIRD AND IT'S STILL OPEN SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR ALL.LOOKING FORWARD, THERE IS REGIONAL COUNCIL ISSUES OR ELEMENTS HERE. APRIL 22ND IS THE MILITARY INSULATION READINESS REVIEW KICK OFF . IT WILL BE AT MAYPORT, I FORGET EXACTLY WHERE.
THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN THIS REGION IS HUGE. IT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC DRIVER. IF THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS GET TAKEN OUT BY A HURRICANE AND THEIR ABILITY TO RECOVER IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OR ANY KIND OF TRAGIC EVENT OR WHAT IT WOULD DO FROM THE AREA. THAT'S ABLE 22ND. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS REGIONAL COUNCIL WISE WE ARE TAKING ON A SOLID WASTE STUDY. JUST, YOU THINK IT'S HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. IT IS BIOSOLIDS FROM SEWER PLANTS, BIOMEDICAL WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE. IT'S RARE EARTH METALS AND THOSE ARE THE COMPONENTS OF SOLID WASTE. THINK ABOUT IT MOST OF IT GOES TO THE LANDFILL IN THEIR STUDIES THAT SAY AMERICA WILL BE OUT OF LANDFILLS. THAT IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY. HOW DO YOU MITIGATE THAT? YOU MITIGATE IT THROUGH CYCLING COMPOST. TRASH AND POWER. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEM WITH SOLID WASTE. THIS IS A PROBLEM. YOU SAW SOLID WASTE AND SOLID WASTE IN ST. JOHN'S COUNTY. YOU SAW SOLID WASTE IN DUVAL COUNTY. WE CERTAINLY HAD OUR OWN FAIR SHARE. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS REGIONAL. IT IS NATIONAL AND THE REGIONAL COUNTY HAS SEVEN COUNTIES WE LOOK FOR. WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SO WE WILL SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT. JUST LOOKING ONLINE. MIAMI-DADE HAS A TRASH TO ENERGY PLAN. SO, MAYBE ORIGINALLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE
TODAY. >> I THINK COMMISSIONER HAS GONE THROUGH MOST OF THESE. THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN FOR OUR FOLKS AT HOME , PARTICULARLY OUR YOUNG FOLKS, I CANNOT AGREE MORE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND YOUNG FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO COLLEGE AND GRAD SCHOOL. SOMEBODY WHO SPENT TOO MANY YEARS IN SCHOOL, ARGUABLY.
I TOLD MY FAMILY MEMBERS ALL THE TIME IF THE YOUNGEST SIBLING MY FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE IN ORDER TO DO WELL IN LIFE, I WALKED SO HE COULD RUN. I ENCOURAGE THOROUGHLY THE NEFF PROGRAM FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS. I KNOW THEY HAVE MANY BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE REASON WHY THE YOUNG PERSON IN CLAY COUNTY DOESN'T. WITH 25% OF APPRENTICES RESIDING IN CLAY COUNTY. I WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY THERE IS SOME PARTIALITY TO CLAY. PLEASE, PLEASE EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS. I THINK I SAW DECORATIONS ON A DOOR TODAY FOR A CERTAIN FACILITY DIRECTOR.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEAN. THE OTHER THING, IT'S SO INTERESTING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOLID WASTE AND STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO MITIGATE THAT. AND OUR CHAIR FOR THE CLAY SOIL AND WATER DISTRICT ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS TO ME. SOLUTIONS WITH EXAMPLES FOR A
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COMPOST PROGRAM. CITING WHAT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST 15-20 COUNTIES THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING ALREADY AND THAT AREA.I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE COPIES JUST THAT WE HAVE THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WITH WARNING BELLS ALREADY BEING MADE CLEAR AS TO HOW WE WILL HAVE TO FIX THIS LATER. MAYBE YOU WILL SEE THIS IN THE INBOX PLEASE , YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS TO GET TO THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR. I BELIEVE THE WEATHER IS COOLER. I WOKE UP AND IT WAS COLD TO ME, FLORIDA GIRL. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB , AT LEAST ALL OF US IF NOT MOST OF US HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES AT THIS POINT. THE FAIR IS A GOOD TIME AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO. WITH MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO
HOWARD AND HIS FAMILY. >> SAVED FOR CC UA AND WE SAY FOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTY AND COMPLEMENTS GARVER AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND
EVERYONE ELSE. >> FIRST OFF I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR CREATING CLAY WITHOUT BARRIERS . SUPER EXCITED. PROBABLY MY SECOND OR THIRD MEETING TRYING TO PROVIDE RESIDENCES WITH RESOURCES THAT HAVE DISABILITIES . STAFF KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. YOU CAN CHECK OUT CLAY WITHOUT BARRIERS, CLICK ON COMMUNITY AND YOU WILL SEE THE TAB. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW AWESOME THE LIST OF RESOURCES THEY HAVE CREATED FOR THIS ABILITY. EVERYTHING FROM PARKS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO PROGRAMS IN THE LIBRARY, ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS . I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IF YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PLEASE EMAIL AND ASK CLAY AT CLAY COUNTY .GOV. WE WILL GET THAT UPLOADED AND I LOVE TO SEE IT GET DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS. THANKS TO LAUREN AND HER TEAM, RICH, CARRIE, HAD TO COMPILE ALL THE INFORMATION TO GET IT GOING. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. EVERYONE MENTIONED THE FAIR, OFF TO A GREAT START. OUTSTANDING CCS OH PRESENCE OUT THERE. IT WAS HOT THIS WEEKEND BUT NEVERTHELESS WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
SUNDAY I GOT TO ATTEND THE UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES GO SHOW WHICH IS A COOL THING THAT STARTED. THREE STUDENTS IN 2017 STARTED A PROGRAM WHERE THEY WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR CLASSMATES THAT HAD SPECIAL NEEDS. 41 CLAY COUNTY STUDENTS SHOWED GOATS THIS YEAR AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS EVENT . THIS COMING SATURDAY AT THE FAIR, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE COMPETED IN THE PAST, I WILL COMPETE IN THE CELEBRITY SHOWMANSHIP. SHOW CONTEST. I LEARNED THREE THINGS IN MY FISHEL TRAINING YESTERDAY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW A BIG , NUMBER ONE YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE BIG MOVING. NUMBER TWO IS HAM SANDWICH. THE JUDGE, THE BIG AND YOU. YOU NEVER WANT TO GET NEXT TO THE JUDGE WITHOUT THE BIG BEING IN THE MIDDLE. NUMBER THREE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYES LOCKED ON THE JUDGE. I'M EXCITED TO GET THIS THING A GO SATURDAY NIGHT. I WANT TO THANK REESE FROM WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND HER BIG PIKE FOR THE TRAINING YESTERDAY. THE FAIR IS A BIG DEAL FOR OUR 4H STUDENTS. IT IS THEIR SUPER BOWL. ENJOY THE WEATHER AS COMMISSIONER COMP SAID, IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL FROM HERE ON OUT THE REST OF THE WEEK. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK
YOU. >> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF AWESOME THINGS GOING ON. I HAD A TOWN HALL WITH LAKE ASBURY COMMUNITY CENTER THERE, PACKED HOUSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL UPSET ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE GREAT CONVERSATION, RICHARD THANK YOU FOR GOING THERE WITH ME. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM FCC REPS, CHIEF FUD WAS THERE. WHO ELSE DO WE GOT? DEFINITELY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS THERE IN CASE THERE WAS ANY , WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
ANYWAYS, IT WAS GOOD. WHENEVER WE DO THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK CITIZENS DON'T REALIZE WE ARE OUT THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE
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REGULARLY ON A REGULAR BASIS. I'VE DONE A TON OF TOWN HALLS AND CONTENT AREAS AND DONE A MEETING. JUST BEING ABLE TO GET THE FACTS OUT THERE , WE KNOW HOW RUMORS GET STARTED. PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED SO IT'S NICE TO CURTAIL ALL OF THAT AND BE ABLE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND MORE EVEN THOUGH IT'S FRUSTRATING. KNOWING THAT WE ARE THE ONES HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS NOW AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS OF NOT HAVING ROAD CONSTRUCTION , NOW WE ARE THE ONES. WE ARE THE PRIVILEGED ONES SO WE HAVE THE PARKWAY , THE ROUNDABOUT , ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO OPEN IN THE SUMMER, FALL AREA. THINGS ARE GOING TO START OPENING AND IT WILL MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER TO GET AROUND.I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF AT ALL THE WORKERS AROUND THERE.
I KNOW IT'S HARD. IF YOU CAN STILL REMEMBER, STILL CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A DOCTOR AT MAGNOLIA URGENT CARE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AND HE WAS VERY UPSET UNDERSTANDABLY SO THAT HIS DUMPSTER IS PROVIDED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT IN 2019 AND HE'S BEEN PAYING $125 A MONTH . OF COURSE WE APPROVED THE LIST OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE ON THAT LIST FOR DUMPSTERS. RIGHT NOW THEY EVIDENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT THEY CAN MOVE AND GO UP WHENEVER THEY WANT. HE'S PAYING AROUND $700 A MONTH FOR A DUMPSTER. ANYWAYS, CHARLIE IS LOOKING INTO THIS AND WE WILL LOOK INTO HIS CONTRACT. I DEFINITELY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BEING A BUSINESS OWNER THAT IS CRAZY. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TRULY IS THE FACTS TO GET THEM TO LOOK INTO IT LATER WHENEVER WE START VOTING ON THAT.
>> HOW MANY CONTRACTORS, 17? >> THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AND SEE IF HE IS LOCKED IN. IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF IT, I DON'T KNOW. CHARLIE IS GOING TO LOOK AT THAT FOR ME.
ANYWAYS, I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE WEATHER. I TOOK MY BABY NIECE OUT TO THE FAIR, MY DAUGHTER SANG OUT THERE SO IT WAS A GREAT TIME. I HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME WITH EVERYBODY OUT THERE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? FOR THE
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