Apr 22, 2025 BCC Agenda

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>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, FOR BRINGING US HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, ARE WONDERFUL, AMAZING COUNTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST BLESSING ALL OF US, BLESSING OUR FAMILIES AND BLESSING OUR COUNTY. PLEASE HELP US TONIGHT TO REALLY NOT TAKE LIGHTLY ANY DECISIONS WE MAKE THAT AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE.

PLEASE JUST GUIDE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND PLEASE BLESS ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY, FIRST RESPONDERS AND JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THEM AS THEY PROTECT US. AGAIN, JUST LET US HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND BE SAFE ON OUR DRIVE HOME .

>> AMEN. >> OKAY, OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE THIS AFTERNOON, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. OUR VETERAN LED PLEDGE THIS AFTERNOON IS FROM MASTER AT ARMS THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER ANN POINDEXTER. PETTY OFFICER POINDEXTER SERVED FOR A AND A HALF YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AT NAS MAYPORT. SHE JOINED THE MILITARY BECAUSE HER FATHER WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMY AND SHE WAS RAISED WITH A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE MILITARY AND AMERICAN VALUES. HER SERVICE GAVE HER A SENSE OF PRIDE, PURPOSE AND AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE HER. SHE IS A DECORATED VETERAN AND AWARDED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL AND PISTOL MARKMAN SHIPS BADGE. SHE IS AN ORANGE PARK RESIDENT AND WORKS AS A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WITH THE BAM VOLUNTEERS WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AND THEN SAY A FEW WORDS TO 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.

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> CAN YOU SAY A FEW WORDS?

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY FOR HAVING ME. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR. TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND HAPPY EARTH DAY.

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[CALL TO ORDER]

[PET ADOPTIONS]

>> THE FIRST ALL TODAY IS MEYER, SPAYED FEMALE, MEDIUM-SIZED TERRIER MIX, THREE YEARS OLD, WEIGHS 65 POUNDS AND IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. SAY HELLO TO MEYER, 65 POUNDS, SHE IS EQUAL PARTS SNUGGLE BUG AND SNACK ENTHUSIAST WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF CHARM. A TOTAL PEOPLE LOVER WHO WOULD TRADE ALL THE TOYS IN THE WORLD WITH QUALITY TIME WITH HER HUMANS. SHE IS POTTY TRAINED, KNOWS BASIC COMMANDS AND WAS TO BE THE ONLY PUP IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR LAP. SHE HAS ENERGY LOVES TO ME AFTERNOONS AND SNACK FILLED MOTIVATION. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS FOR YOU.

THE NEXT DOG IS FOUR YEARS OLD, NEUTERED MALE, WEIGHS 61 POUNDS

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SHE LIKES NAPPING IN SUNNY SPOTS AND ENJOYS THE TOUCH OF SOMEONE SHE TRUSTS. SHE MAY NEED

[The Fire Watch Annual Report (N. Howland)]

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>> THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PICTURE. THAT TALLEST BAR IS

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APPRECIATE IT, EVERYBODY. >> DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE WATCH STANDARD PROGRAMS? IS THERE A MINIMUM AGE, DO YOU

HAVE TO BE 18? >> WE DON'T REQUIRE A MINIMUM AGE BUT WE PREFER A MINIMUM AGE. THE TRAINING WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING BUILT BY THE VA SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE KIND OF TOOK IT OFF THE SHELF AND GET A LICENSE FOR IT. I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT 18 YEARS AND OLDER SHOULD BE WATCH LEADERS BECAUSE, WHILE SYMPTOMS AFFECTING AND DRIVING SUICIDE IN VETERANS IS SIMILAR TO CIVILIANS, EXACERBATED IN VETERANS, THEY ARE OFTEN OUT OF CONTROL SO WE DON'T RECOMMEND SUICIDE TRAINING REDUCTION IN THOSE UNDER 16 FOR THIS PURPOSE.

>> THE OTHER THING FROM THE DATA, CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE SO SOMEBODY YOUNGER THAN 18 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE.

>> EXACTLY. OUR SURVEYS SAY THAT MOST ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE VETERANS HAPPEN IN THE WORKFORCE AND, OF COURSE, MOST REFERRALS ARE GENERALLY TO VS SOAP FLORIST -- VS THOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[Frederick Corlett Retirement Recognition]

FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE WILL MOVE , DOWN IN FRONT, IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME, WE HAVE SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION AND SOME PROCLAMATIONS. ALL RIGHT, OUR FIRST THING WE ARE

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OKAY, THIS SAYS YOU BEGAN YOUR CAREER HERE IN 2014 AS A PART-TIME CUSTODIAN. THEN YOU DECIDED YOU WANTED TO WORK FULL-TIME FOR US? THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU GOT PROMOTED IN 2024 AND YOU ARE RETIRING TOMORROW. 11 YEARS OF SERVICE. YOUR COWORKERS SAY YOU ARE WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. CONGRATULATIONS.

LAUGHTER ] ON THAT NOTE, MAYBE I SHOULD AN OFFER YOU THE MICROPHONE.

FOR YOU AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BUT WE WILL GIVE THE MICROPHONE OVER AND HE WILL SAY SOMETHING.

>> THANK YOU FOR WORK WITH THE TEAM. I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR CUSTODIANS. IN AN UNKNOWN TIME, REAL QUICK, DIAL 911, WE NEED SOMEBODY SAFE, WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT IS THIS THING? WE GRABBED THE CUSTODIANS. THEY NEVER HESITATED. THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART , CUSTODIANS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT, HE DID SERVE IN THE MILITARY, WEST COAST MARINE, SAN DIEGO, THE VIETNAM ERA. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOME TRAVELING AROUND. I WILL

TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> I AM GOOD.

>> YOU GOOD?

>> ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. >> OKAY. THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING

[1.  National Child Abuse Prevention Month (April 2025)]

APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP, THEY ARE ALREADY COMING, GOOD, KIDS FROM KIDS FIRST OF FLORIDA AND CAMELOT COMMUNITY CARE, JOIN US UP FRONT. COMMISSIONER BURKE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR US AND YOU ALL CAN TELL US WHO WE HAVE HERE .

>> ALL RIGHT. WHERE IS, THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR FUTURE AND EACH OF US MUCH -- MUST DO OUR PART TO CREATE SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN GROW UP SAFE, HEALTHY, EDUCATED AND PREPARED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN LIFE AND WHEREAS, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZTIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUSINESSES AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND THE PREVENTION OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AND WHEREAS, PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES ARE VITAL TO REDUCING INCIDENCES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN THESE PROGRAMS RELY ON THE DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE PROVIDERS, LIKE KIDS FIRST OF FLORIDA AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CAMELOT COMMUNITY CARE, WHO WORK

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY OF COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2025 IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN CLAY COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. WE FURTHER URGED ALL CITIZENS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN, STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND CREATE STRONG AND HEALTHY IT IS. DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 22ND DAY OF 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL HOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGH GOOD. THE AYES HABIT. I WILL PASS THE MICROPHONE. IF YOU WANT

TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> PASS IT AROUND SO THE PUBLIC

WATCHING CONCEIT. >> THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF KIDS FIRST FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTED -- SUPPORTIVE OF US AND PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE.

>> I AM HOLLY. WE HAVE KIM WITH CAMELOT.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

[2.  Parkinson’s Awareness Month (April 2025)]

>>> OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION THIS AFTERNOON, MY SWEET FRIEND CALLED ME TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO AND SAID, WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION CONSIDERED DOING A PROCLAMATION FOR PARKINSON'S AWARENESS MONTH. I SAID, SURE WE WILL. SO, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IT AGAIN. WE HAVE TOM TO COME ON UP? ARE YOU THE PARKINSON'S AWARENESS MONTH? AND, THIS IS THE PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP OF ORANGE PARK.

AND THEIR GUESTS. THEY WILL COME ON UP. COMMISSIONER COMPERE WILL

READ OUR PROCLAMATION. >> ARI. THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE IS A PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CAUSING MOTOR AND NONMOTOR SYMPTOMS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE AFFECTED AND, WHEREAS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE LIVE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 100,000 FLORIDIANS AND 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR. AND, WHEREAS, PARKINSON'S DISEASE IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER WITH NO KNOWN CURE AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THOSE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE AND, WHEREAS, DURING PARKINSON'S AWARENESS MONTH, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE, LEARN ABOUT THOSE LIVING WITH PARKINSON'S AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HEALTH CAREGIVERS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND RESEARCHERS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND, WHEREAS, AS CLAY COUNTY HAS A STRONG PARKINSON'S SUPPORT COMMITTEE, WE OFFER PATIENT AND CAREGIVER MONTHLY SUPPORT MEETINGS, EXERCISE CLASSES AND GUEST SPEAKERS COVERING AN ARRAY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING NUTRITION, MEDICATION, EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION. NOW THEREFORE BE

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>> APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ONE FACT, IT IS ESTIMATED 7000 PEOPLE IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA ARE AFFECTED. IT GOES A LONG WAY FOR FLORIDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[3.  Law Enforcement Appreciation Week (May 11-17, 2025) Police Memorial Day May 8, 2025]

WE WANT THEM TO COME UP AND BE ABLE TO HONOR THEM. IF ALL OF YOU COULD COME UP . COMMISSIONER RENNINGER WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. THE SHERIFF AND THE CHIEFS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.

>> YEAH, NOTHING DEMONSTRATES MORE VIVIDLY THAN THE DEVOTION THE MEN IN GREEN EXHIBITING IN THE AREA THEN THE EVENT THAT HAPPEN IN TALLAHASSEE THIS PAST WEEK. WHEN YOU HAVE A SHOOTER AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO GO IN THERE AND NEUTRALIZE THAT THREAT, YOU DON'T KNOW , YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES, IT IS, IN THIS CASE, IT IS THE BEST THING THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED. SO ANYWAY, TO HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY, WE, AS THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK TO BE HELD ON MAY 8 2025 IN HONOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY SERVING THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND SACRIFICES MADE DAILY BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO SERVE AS GUARDIANS OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY SELFLESSLY DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, PULL THE LAW AND PRESERVING PEACE FOR COMMUNITIES AND, WHEREAS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE KEY VALUES SUCH AS HONOR, INTEGRITY AND COURAGE, WHICH PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SHAPING A COMMUNITY AND SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR CHILDREN TWO TEENAGERS AND GUARDIANS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS, DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH CLAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, GRAY KOS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE NEVER WAVERED IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY, STANDING STEADFAST TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND WHEREAS, ON THIS DAY WE HONOR AND REMEMBER THE 12 DEDICATED OFFICERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COLLIES. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY PROCLAIMS MAY 8, 2025, AS POLICE MEMORIAL DAY, ME 8TH THROUGH 17TH, LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK IN CLAY COUNTY, ENCOURAGING ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES OF

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>> YES, SIR, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOES THINGS LIKE THIS. THERE ARE SO MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THEIR COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THEIR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT NOT ONLY US AS LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS BUT THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT. I WILL KEEP MY ROOM REMARKS BRIEF. CHIEF?

>> THANK YOU. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU, SHER, I APPRECIATE THE CLAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR INVITING OUR

DEPARTMENT AND INCLUDING US. >> GREEN COAT HAS GIVEN A THUMBS UP. THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR CHIEF AND OUR SHERIFF. THANK

YOU. >> YOU WANT TO COME IN FOR A

PICTURE? >> YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE, DO SOME A YOU WANT TO COME AROUND? YOU CAN GO UP THAT STAIRWELL AND GO AROUND, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

[4.  Mental Health Awareness Month (May 2025)]

>> I MADE ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WORK TODAY. OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION, COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO REACHED OUT, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THIS ONE, AS WELL. IT IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. OUR GOOD FRIEND REACHED OUT AND ASKED IF WE WOULD DO THIS . MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY IN THE MONTH OF MAY. WE HAVE SUZANNE , THE CEO OF NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS JACKSONVILLE. AND THEN IS IRENE HERE? IRENE? THE CEO FOR CLAY BEHAVIORAL? THERE YOU ARE, YOU HAVE A HAT ON, I DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU. YOU HAVE A GUEST WITH YOU. COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION I WILL ASKED BOTH OF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS

AND SAY A FEW WORDS. >> BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION, I THINK IT IS NO MISTAKE THAT THIS PROCLAMATION BACKS UP TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ONE. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IN COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, BUT AROUND THE NATION, WE SEE PEOPLE IN CRISIS AND THOSE CRISES COMPOUND BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, RIGHT? SO DRAWING AWARENESS TO THIS IS CRUCIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE PREMARKET -- PROCLAMATION SAYS, EVERY MAY, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IS HELD TO PROMOTE SUPPORT, RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ADVOCATE FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO CARE. WHEREAS MENTAL ILLNESS IMPACTS MILLIONS ACROSS UNITED STATES, TAKING FORMS, SUCH AS ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, MOOD DISORDERS, EATING DISORDERS, PTSD AND PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS WITH ONE IN FIVE ADULTS EXPERIENCING SOME FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS EACH YEAR AND ONE IN 20 FACING SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND, WHEREAS, MENTAL ILLNESS PROFOUNDLY AFFECTS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH ONE IN SIX INDIVIDUALS AGE 6 TO 17 EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER EACH YEAR. HALF OF ALL LIFETIME MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS BEGIN BY AGE 14. SUICIDE STANDS AS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG THOSE AGED 10 TO 14. AND, WHEREAS, A LACK OF AWARENESS AND CARE PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM

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RECORD. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLAY COUNTY FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY IN JACKSONVILLE BUT WITH CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO FIND SUPPORT, FIND TREATMENT AND ULTIMATELY FIND RECOVERY. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING AWARENESS TO CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE, WE SERVE NORTHEAST FLORIDA , OFFICIALLY CLAY COUNTY, DEVOL, BAKER AND NASSAU COUNTY. WE HELP PEOPLE FIND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. WE ARE PEERS, WE HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE LIFTED OURSELVES OR HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT WE TRIED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND HELP THEM FIND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. IN CLAY COUNTY, CLAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER. WE ARE GLAD THEY ARE HERE WORKING SO TIRELESSLY. I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE TURNED OVER TO IRENE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

>> WE ARE REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND OUR FRIENDS, DEFINITELY A STRONG PARTNERSHIP. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

WHEN YOU OFFER THIS PROCLAMATION, YOU SHINE A LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL WELLNESS. YOU ENCOUAGE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SEEK TREATMENT. YOUR SUPPORT HELPS BREAK DOWN STIGMA AND MAKES MENTAL HEALTH PART OF OUR EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS. WHEN I TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, PEOPLE GO, THERE YOU GO TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AGAIN. WHEN YOU ALL TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, YOU MAKE IT OKAY FOR OTHERS TO TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COMMISSIONERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELP REBUILD OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

] >> AND I THINK MY TEAM REAL QUICK? LET ME DO THAT, THEY WERE ALL EXCITED TO COME. ONE OF THEM IS LEAVING. WE HAVE OUR CLINICAL MANAGER, DEBORAH, ARE CLINICAL MANAGER OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH COURT, DRUG COURT, AS WELL. TINA IS OUR CFO, SHE KEEPS THE MONEY COMING. JORDAN IS OUR MANAGER OF HEALTH AND OUR PROGRAM, SUE KEEPS US HONEST WITH YOU I AND TRAINING. FINSETA IS OUR MANAGER OF OPERATIONS, AGAIN, DETAIL ORIENTED AND RONNA, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS. SHE RUNS THE RESPONSE TEAM AND OUR INTENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES. WE STARTED THIS PAST YEAR WITH A FIRST RESPONDER RECOGNIZING THE TRAUMA THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFF FACE EVERY DAY. THANK YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE VANCE MEYER HERE, BOARD PRESIDENT, INCREDIBLE PERSON, LIVED EXPERIENCE AND POURS HIS PASSION INTO HELPING OTHERS SO THEY DON'T WALK ALONE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US, VANCE.

[Jacksonville Transportation Authority Quarterly Update (C. Weckerman)]

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>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO OTHER PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.

OUR FIRST ONE IS OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM THE JACKSONVILLE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. AND WE HAVE, CARL WECKERMAN, DID I GET IT RIGHT? OKAY. TELL ME HOW TO SAY IT.

>> CARL WECKERMAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY. SO, REAL QUICKLY, I WILL WALK THROUGH THE RIDERSHIP OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS IN COMPARISON TO THE YEARS PRIOR. AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR VARIOUS SERVICES WE PROVIDE IN THE COUNTY, THE FLEX LINES, THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED SERVICE, THE EXPRESS SELECT SERVICE CONNECTING CLAY COUNTY WITH DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE.

ALSO, RECENT ACTIVITY . WE HAVE HAD HERE IN THE COUNTY AS WE REVIEW SERVICES, PERHAPS LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE SERVICES MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AT MEETING THE NEEDS IN CLAY COUNTY AND SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT COMING IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. NEXT. I HAVE A CLICKER. THANK YOU. SO, YEAR-OVER-YEAR, THIS IS OUR LOCAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE THE FLEX ROUTES AND THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED SERVICES. SO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2025 STARTING IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE SEEN A YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE IN EACH OF THE SIX MONTHS. SO WE ARE SEEING SOMEWHAT OF A GROWTH IN THE SERVICES, ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL SOMEWHAT RANGE BRIAN -- RANGE BOUND, GENERALLY A RANGE OF 3000 TO 4000 CUSTOMERS SINCE WE BEGAN SERVICES WITH YOU BACK IN 2019 WITH A SMALL DIP FOR COVID . WE ARE COMING OUT OF THAT AT THIS POINT. SO, TO START WITH ON THE FLEX LINE, OF THAT RIDERSHIP, WE CARRIED 4000 CUSTOMERS IN MARCH, ABOUT HALF OF THAT, 1900, IS ON THE FLEX SERVICES. THAT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT EACH MONTH, ABOUT HALF OF OUR LOCAL SERVICE IS FLEX RIDERSHIP AND HALF OF IT IS TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE. WE OPERATE FOUR FLEX LINES IN CLAY COUNTY. THE BLUE LINE, WHICH SERVES GREEN COVE SPRINGS, INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AND THE ROUTES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SERVICE AND ALSO BY FAR THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP. THERE IS MORE RIDERSHIP ON THE BLUE LINE THEN ALL THREE OTHERS COMBINED. THE REDLINE, RED FLEX, CONNECTING MIDDLEBURG TO ORANGE PARK, THE GREENLINE, WHICH CONNECTS KEYSTONE HEIGHTS WITH GREEN COAT SCREENS AND THE MAGENTA LINE, WHICH IS TWO DAILY TRIPS TO GAINESVILLE FROM KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, WITH THE INTENTION OF SERVING, GETTING PEOPLE TO THE VA HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RIDERSHIP ON THE BLUE LINE IS FAIRLY GOOD , ALONG WITH THE RED. BOTH OF THOSE ARE CARRYING MORE THAN 200

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WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO MOVE THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE DID HAVE SOME SUCCESS BUT THERE HAS BEEN STAFF TURNOVER IN RECENT WEEKS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO LET THE DUST SETTLE ON THAT AND GET BACK ABOVE 90%. AND THEN TURNING FROM THE LOCAL SERVICE TO THE EXPRESS SERVICE WE PROVIDE, THE BLACK CREEK MARKET RIGHT ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER STOPS ALONG IN CLAY COUNTY , ALONG 17 TO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE. THIS SERVICE , THE RIDERSHIP IS FAIRLY LOW , JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT STAYED IN THE 100 TO 200 CUSTOMERS PER DAY . WE DO MAKE TWO ROUNDTRIPS IN THE MORNING, TWO ROUNDTRIPS IN THE AFTERNOON ON THIS SERVICE, BUT WE YEARS SEEING GENERALLY SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS PER DAY. THIS IS A SERVICE, ALL OF THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH THE HELP OF STATE FUNDING. THIS ONE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS PROVIDED BY A 100% MATCHING GRANT FROM THE FLORIDA D.O.T.

WHICH IS TRUE OF ALL THREE OF THE EXPRESS LINE SERVICES WE RUN. WE RUN THIS BRAND TO ST. JOHN'S AND NASSAU COUNTIES.

SOME OF THE RECENT ACTIVITIES TO UPDATE YOU ON, WE HAVE CHANGED CONTRACTORS FOR THE EXPRESS SELECT SERVICE. THAT WAS DUE TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND SO THE IMPORTANT PIECE THERE IS THERE , THAT SERVICE WILL GET NEW VEHICLES AT SOME POINT IN THE SUMMER. AND ON MARCH 12, WE HAD A MEETING, AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS OUR SERVICE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE WITHOUT BEING MORE COSTLY FOR CLAY COUNTY RESIDENTS. TO THAT END, WE MET WITH SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, OUR STAFF AND COUNTY STAFF ON MARCH 12TH TO LEARN SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AND HOW THEY ARE NOT BEING MET BY THE CURRENT OFFERING OF SERVICES. SO NOT ONLY DID THAT CONVERSATION, WILL THAT CONVERSATION BE HELPFUL AS WE DEVELOP SERVICE PLANS, ALTERNATIVE SERVICE PLANS FOR THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER, BUT JUST IDENTIFYING SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT . FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE SERVICE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A CHANGE IN A FEW DAYS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION. WE ALSO, ON MARCH 31ST, WE IMPLEMENTED A CHANGE TO YOUR BLUE LINE TO SERVE THE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER CLAY COUNTY. SO NEXT STEPS, WE ARE TAKING STEPS WANTED TOUR, ALONG WITH COUNTY STAFF, TO LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICES GROUP. WE ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING AND WILL FINALIZE

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>> QUESTIONS FOR MR. WECKERMAN? >> YOU HAVE A CHART THERE FOR ON-TIME PERFORMANCE, 90% TARGET?

>> YES. >> WHAT CONSTITUTES ON TIME?

>> SO, WITH ON-DEMAND SERVICE, LIKE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE SERVICE, WE GIVE OURSELVES A 30 MINUTE WINDOW.WE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE DO ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE STRICTER ON OURSELVES. WE HAD SOME CONCERNS AT THE ADULT DAY CARE HERE IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE NOT LEAVING THE FACILITY UNTIL 4:15, 4:30 AND THEY CLOSE

>> IS A FAIRLY CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE IT IS LOCATED.

>> THAT'S AWESOME, THANKS. >> I JUST, THANK YOU FOR COMING,

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WANTING SOME CHANGES THERE. >> GOING BACK TO YOUR RIDERSHIP SLIDE, YOU SAID IT WAS GROWING BUT IT WAS RANGE BOUND. WHAT DID

YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FLEX SERVICES HAVE, MARCH 2023 WE CARRIED ALMOST 2000 CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST WE HAVE HAD IN 18 MONTHS. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY IN CLAY COUNTY, THAT HAS BEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1520 100. THERE IS REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT A MUCH LONGER-TERM TRAJECTORY, YOU WOULDN'T SAY THERE IS A LOT

THERE. >> OKAY. I AM HEARING YOU. SO, MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IS, THERE WERE FOUR FLEX MINES.

>> YES. >> IS A REVISION TO EXPAND THE

AREA? >> YES, THAT IS CERTAINLY A CONSIDERATION. SO, AS I STATED, WE TOOK OVER FOUR, I THINK THERE WERE SIX FLEX LINES WITH COA 5 TO 10 YEARS AGO. AT THAT POINT, OR AT LEAST THE POINT THEY PUT THESE FLEX LINES IN, EAGLE LANDING, TWO CREEKS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT AREA WAS STILL DEVELOPING AND SO LOOKING AT THE COUNTY, AS A WHOLE, AND THAT IT HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE WE PICKED UP SERVICE AND IT HAS CHANGED EVEN MORE SINCE THE LINES WERE DRAWN IN THE FIRST PLACE, YEAH, THOSE GROWING POPULATION CENTERS, THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST GLARING POPULATION CLUSTER IN WHICH WE

OFFER SERVICE, TD SERVICE. >> YEAH. I THINK IT WAS YOUR LAST OR SECOND TO LAST SLIDE REFLECTED THERE WOULD BE SOME COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS. ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. WHAT WERE YOUR FINDINGS THERE?

>> THOSE WERE WITH SOCIAL SERVICES. SO THE FINDINGS ARE THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF GETTING SOME OF THEIR CLIENTS TO AND FROM APPOINTMENTS. CREATE SERVICES, NOT NECESSARILY FLEX MINES, RIGHT? SO, KIND OF THAT IS IN THE MODEL SO FAR IN CLAY COUNTY BUT IT I NOT THE ONLY WAY. SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE A MORE DEMAND RESPONSE, WE ARE LOOKING AT BETWEEN, MICRO TRANSIT IN DUVAL COUNTY, IF THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION FOR CLAY COUNTY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE SOMETHING PEOPLE COULD SCHEDULE TO HAVE. THERE IS A RANGE OF SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FLEX ROUTE . THAT IS ONE OF

THE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU CONSIDERING, IT SOUNDED LIKE JAY TA IS CONSIDERING DROPPING THE MAGENTA AND THE GREEN LINES.

>> WELL, WE WOULD ONLY PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS OR ALTERNATIVES TO DO SUCH. JTA -- YOU ARE THE LOCAL SHERIFF, IT IS NOT A JTA, THAT'S A CLAY COUNTY DECISION TO MAKE.

>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF LOW RIDERSHIP IT MAYBE THAT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR SOMETHING ALTERNATIVE, SMALLER VEHICLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BASICALLY, AT THAT IS 1000 VETERANS SEEKING HEALTHCARE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT WITHOUT TURNING TO INCREASE THE TD SERVICES BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD USE OTHERWISE. ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS? YEAH. >> MY LAST QUESTION, HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY DOES THE COUNTY HAVE IN TERMS OF JTA ADJUSTING.

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>> SO LONG AS IT IS SAFE, I WOULD SAY YOUR CONTROL IS AS FREE AS YOU WISH IT TO BE. WE CONSIDER THIS YOUR SERVICE. WE

PROVIDE IT . >> TROY?

>> SO WE WILL BE VISITING ALL YOUR DISTRICTS , MONDAY, JASON? IF THERE IS THINGS. IN TERMS OF A PARTICULAR AREA, YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT AND GET JTA OUT THERE SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE AREA WE DON'T SERVE CURRENTLY BUT IF THERE IS AN AREA YOU WANT US TO EMPHASIZE OR STOP YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT, JUST LET US KNOW. SEND ME AN EMAIL, GIVE ME A CALL AND WE WILL PUT IT ON AND HAVE THE SIX PARTNERS COME IN, THE LARGER NONPROFITS AND GIVE US THE FEEDBACK. THAT IS WHERE I CAME FROM THE MERCY COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE, MISSION , WE HAD SOME REPRESENTATIVES COME OUT AND SHARE THOSE CONCERNS WITH THOSE AREAS. IF THERE ARE OTHER AREAS YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT, PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW.

>> THE FIRST ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS COMMISSIONER COMPERE AND I , YOU KNOW, ST. VINCENT HEALTH CARE. NOW WE HAVE THE BLUE LINE GOING FOR BAPTIST AND THE THE -- THE VA BUT THIS IS NOT AS CLOSE.

I UNDERSTAND THE GREEN LIGHT THEY CAN TRANSFER. SOME OF THEM

HAVE DOCTORS WITH ST. VINCENT. >> AND GETTING THEM , NOT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BUT TO

THAT IS YOUR NEED. >> EVEN ORANGE PARK. AN ORANGE

PARK HOSPITAL. >> IF THERE ANY AREAS YOU WANT

US TO LOOK AT, LET US KNOW. >> AND HOW DO WE DO THAT, TROY? WITH JTA'S COVERAGE, I AM THINKING , I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH, I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANYONE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, SO I DON'T CARE WHICH ONE IT IS BUT IT HAS BUILT AN E.R. RIGHT THERE, I THINK IT IS RIGHT THERE AT THE DEVOL LINE. MAYBE THAT

COULD BE AN OPTION. >> YEAH, I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT. BACK, YOU KNOW, WHEN JTA FIRST TOOK OVER, THEY WERE TOLD THE CHANGES AND THEN WE STARTED DOWN THE PATH WITH CHANGE ON JTA'S SIDE AND WE WENT TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE AND NOT CONTINUE TO DO MORE TODAY IF WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS NOT ACHIEVABLE.

>> I AM REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT MIGHT REFLECT ON THE MICRO LINES OR WHATEVER. I THINK THAT, FOR SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE LESS, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY PEOPLE, MAYBE, MAYBE LESS THREATENING THAN GETTING ON A BUS OR SOMETHING.

>> YEAH, AND JUST, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE WEATHER WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT KIND OF SERVICE, NOT JUST A DIE WILL RIDE, BUT WE EXPECT THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO BE IN DUVAL COUNTY IN ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW. YOU CAN SEE WHETHER THIS IS SUCCESSFL OR IF IT WILL BE A SERVICE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT,

BUT IT IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION. >> THIS IS FOR ME TO KNOW. ON 220, PARK AND RIDE IS VERY LONG-DISTANCE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN OTHER AREAS NOT IN BETWEEN? WHY IS IT SO SPREAD OUT THERE, WHERE THERE IS NO STOP IN BETWEEN?

>> ON 220. >> I CAN TALK TO THAT TO A

CERTAIN DEGREE. >> WE JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THE PLACE OF INTEREST PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO. IF THERE IS A PLACE ALONG TO 20 YOU FEEL PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF GO TO AS A STOPPING POINT, WE COULD DEFINITELY GET JTA TO ADD THAT .

>> I THINK THERE WOULD BE A BIG NEED IN THAT AREA.

>> AND NOT, THE TIME POINTS, THE KEY LOCATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW,

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THERE, IS IT 220? >> IT IS 220 ARE YOU SAYING THERE IS A STOP THERE? I AM NOT SEEING IT.

>> YEAH, THOSE ARE POINTS OF INTEREST, I AM SORRY.

>> I LOOKED ON THE JTA WEBSITE ON THEIR MAP. I AM LOOKING AT

THE BLUE LINE. >> WE CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF THE

STOPS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOU

[Cheswick Oaks Avenue Corridor Study (R. Smith)]

COMING IN. >> OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THE AFTERNOON, ARE COUNTY AND CHAIR RICHARD SMITH , THEY HAVE BROUGHT US, IF YOU HAVE LONG-AWAITED TO STICK

>> I AM JUST HERE TO INTRODUCE RICHARD SMITH, COUNTY ENGINEER, WE'VE GOT KIMBERLY HORN TO PRESENT AND DR. CLARK IS HERE FROM TPO TO ANSWER YOUR REALLY TOUGH QUESTIONS. HE IS A PHD SO

DON'T GO LIGHT ON HIM. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> TERRY SCHALL, CONSULTANT FOR WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE SLIDE.

INAUDIBLE ] THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, THIS PROJECT IS NEEDED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OAKLEAF PLANTATION IN CHANGE AT STATE ROUTE 23, THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, IN THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY, IT IS GROWN BY ABOUT 12% OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. THERE IS CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE VEGETATION AREA EAST OF THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY NEAR THE INTERCHANGE. D.O.T. IS CURRENTLY DOING A STUDY FOR THAT INTERCHANGE AND IT IS , IT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE TO THE NORTH ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES OF THE FORCES THE OTHER EAST-WEST BORDER AND YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, FIRE, RESCUE, AMBULANCES TO REACH HOSPITALS AND OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES ARE LIMITED. IF YOU WERE ON CHESWICK OAKS AVENUE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE CORRIDOR AND YOU WANT TO GO TO OAKLEAF PLANTATION IS A MILE BY AIR BUT MANY MINUTES BY CAR. IT ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE GREAT CONGESTION RELIEF. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT. THESE ARE THREE ALTERNATIVES TO BE EVALUATED. ALTERNATIVE ONE TRAVELS TO THE NORTH ON THE INTERCHANGE OVER TO CHESWICK OAKS, WHICH WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH ALONG TRAIL ROAD. IT IS JUST ABOUT 1.9 MILES LONG FOR THAT CORRIDOR. THE REASON WHY WE MOVED IT UP TO THE NORTH, YOU CAN SEE A LINEAR CLEARANCE THAT RUNS EAST-WEST ON THE AERIAL THERE, THAT IS THE EASEMENT. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TO POTENTIALLY AVOID AND MITIGATE SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. THIS CORRIDOR HAS BEEN STUDIED BEFORE IN THE PENSIVE PLAN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE QUARTER STARTING FROM STATE ROUTE 23 MOVING TO THE EAST, THERE IS AN AREA DESIGNATED THERE AS A SYSTEM EASEMENT. A 20 FOOT EASEMENT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE CONNECTOR FOR FUTURE USE, IF IT WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED. AND THEN, ON THE LEFT, THE SCREEN SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING FILLING IN THE DARK PORTION AND THE EXTENSION, WHICHEVER ALTERNATIVE IS PROPOSED. THE RED LINE , IT CONTINUES AND CROSSES DOUBLE RANCH CREEK. IT HAS A LARGER FOOTPRINT THERE. THE CHESWICK OAKS EXTENSION, YOU SEE THE ROUNDABOUT THERE, JUST TO SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE ALTERNATIVES. AND THEN THE BLUE MAKES MORE OF A CONTINUOUS QUARTER AS OPPOSED TO HAVING AN INTERSECTION AT CHESWICK OAKS. SOME FEATURES ON THE MAP, THE GREEN AREAS YOU SEE , THOSE ARE POTENTIAL FLOOD HAZARDS ,

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WE WANTED TO FACTOR IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WITH THE ALTERNATIVES. THE AREA IN THE BLUE AND THE RED CORRIDOR IS IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLANS AS A POTENTIAL CONSERVATION AREA. BECAUSE THE CORRIDOR IS ALREADY PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY IMPACT.

SO WHAT WE PROPOSE TO EVALUATE IS THE URBAN CORRIDOR WHICH WOULD ADD CURB AND GUTTER, TWO TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND A SHARED USE ON THE OUTSIDE FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

THERE WOULD ALSO BE A BIKE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION ON THE TRAVEL LANES . THAT LABELS THE DIMENSIONS. WHEN WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THE ALTERNATIVES, WE WANT TO MENTION THE MOBILITY. THIS ROADWAY, IF CONSTRUCTED, WOULD TURN ABOUT 20,000 VEHICLES A DAY FROM OAKLEAF PLANTATION.

THAT IS ABOVE THE SERVICE TODAY.

JUST PROVIDING BASIC CONNECTIVITY, IN TERMS OF RELIEF OF CONGESTION IN THESE CORRIDORS. THERE IS A PROPERTY THAT HAS A POTENTIAL FOR RELOCATION , SOME BUILDINGS AND RESIDENTS WITH ALTERNATIVES TWO AND THREE JUST TO THE EAST OF THAT. THAT EXISTING CORRIDOR THAT EXIST TODAY, THERE WILL BE IMPACTS THAT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE DESIGN. HERE IS THE DIFFICULT PART OF THE PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN CONSTRUCTION PRICES RISING DRAMATICALLY. WITH EACH OF THE ALTERNATIVES, WE ARE BETWEEN $100 BILLION WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS. THE CONSTRUCTION, THE COST FOR DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, THE DESIGN AND THE ENGINEERING AND INSPECTIONS PLUS ACQUISITION OF THE RIGHT AWAY, ENVIRONMENTAL WETLAND MITIGATION COSTS. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ALSO LOOKED AT , THIS IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE. COULD WE BUILD A TWO LANE ROAD INITIALLY AND COME BACK LATER WITH A FOUR LANE ROAD WHEN IT IS NEEDED? YOU WOULD STILL WANT TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU NEED AND CONSTRUCT THE BRIDGE AS NEEDED FOR THE FOUR LANE BECAUSE IT IS MUCH CHEAPER TO DO THAT IN THE LONG RUN, WE ARE STILL TALKING IS $70-$80 MILLION INVESTMENT WHICHEVER ALTERNATIVE YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS WOULD REALLY BE, ONCE YOU WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN , WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE WHICH REQUIRES ADDITIONAL EVALUATION OF THESE CORRIDORS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, PUBLIC COORDINATION OF PUBLIC HEARING AND, ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THAT STUFF, YOU CAN START ON THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION AND MOVE FROM ABOUT A 60% DESIGN TO A FINAL DESIGN. AND SO, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE WANTED TO KEEP IT BRIEF AND HIT THE HIGH POINTS. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

HAVE. >> REALLY HIGH. PUN INTENDED.

>> YOU WANT REALLY HIGH. YOUR PRICE.

>> YES. >> OUCH.

>> YEAH, WE HAD A PEER REVIEW WITH FDOT ON THE BASIS OF OUR ESTIMATE , WHICH IS BASED ON PRICES IN THE AREA. THEY CONCUR AT THIS LEVEL OF DESIGN, IT IS CONSISTENT WHAT IT WOULD COST

FOR FDOT. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER

COMPERE? >> NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT WAS THOROUGH. IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS, NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM IT. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. MY PREDECESSORS ALSO FOR QUITE A

[01:20:12]

>> I APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGE LIVED IN CLAY COUNTY FOR A WHILE. WITH THE GROWTH THAT IS

HAPPENING, IT IS NECESSARY. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU

WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OR NOT? >> TO SPEAK TO THE FUNDING QUESTION, THERE ARE WAYS TO KIND OF START THAT PROCESS . PROBABLY FROM A TPO PERSPECTIVE, WE AGGREGATE A LIST OF PROJECTS IN THE REGION, WHICH CONSISTS OF DUVAL, NASSAU, CLAY COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY, A LIST OF 25 PROJECTS . ANNUALLY WE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THE CLAY COUNTY COMMISSION VOTES ON PRIORITIES CONDUCIVE FOR US TO THAT LIST. SO THE FIRST STEP FOR US WOULD BE TO GET THAT PROJECT INTO OUR LIST . IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE WILL RECEIVE FUNDING INITIALLY. IT DOES OPEN IT UP FOR THE OPPORTUNITY . I WOULD SAY STEP ONE IS TO GET ON THE COUNTY'S LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ACCELERATE IT THROUGH PHASES. AS MENTIONED, THE PD NE PHASE, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, DESIGN IS A WAY TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT. MAYBE IT IS ONE BIG CHUNK AND THEN WE START CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT THROUGH PHASES OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY ONE AVENUE OF GETTING THE BALL ROLLING SINCE THERE ARE OTHER METHODS OR AVENUES I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF. JUST GETTING IT ON OUR LIST FOR PROJECTS MAY OPEN UP OTHER AVENUES.

>> I HATE TO SPOTLIGHT YOU IN THIS WAY BUT I DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IN THAT CHESWICK OAKS HAS BEEN ON THAT LIST FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP OF MANY. HOW DO WE BAKE CHESWICK OAKS A PRIORITY FOR THE

TPO? >> IT'S -- IT COMES DOWN TO, I THINK, A STUDY LIKE THIS HELPS, IT PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION TO OUR BOARD AND TO THE BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THEY ALLOCATE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS. A LOT OF IT COMES WITH TIMING AND IF THE TIMING IS RIGHT, SOMETIMES THERE IS NO DELAY. IT IS BETTER TO KEEP IT ON THE LIST AND WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. I THINK STUDIES LIKE THIS AND BRINGING IT UP , HIGH VISIBILITY TO THE PROJECT WOULD HELP.

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>> CLARK, I IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF CLAY'S MONEY, THOSE KINDS OF ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN TIED UP WITH THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY FOR YEARS. NOW THAT CLAY HAS SECTIONS OF THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY FINISHING UP, DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE D.O.T. FUNDS FREEING UP FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS WHERE IT CONNECTS TWO PARTS THAT ARE BUSY?

>> IT COULD. THE WAY THE TPO OPERATES, WE TRY TO DIVIDE, AT LEAST ARE CONTROL TO OUR COUNTIES BASED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE POPULATIONS. WE LOOK OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THOSE FUNDING BUCKETS ARE EQUITABLE PROPORTIONATE TO THE POPULATION. AS FAR AS THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY, IT DOES TAKE UP DOLLARS, BUT THE STATE HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE ROADWAY SO THEY CAN PROVIDE OTHER FUNDING TO THAT ROADWAY, AS WELL. THE TPO HAS A CERTAIN BUCKET OF FEDERAL DOLLARS WE CAN USE . THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY TAKES SOME OF PRIORITY FOR D.O.T. AND THE STATE ROADS, OBVIOUSLY, ARE THERE PRIORITY. I AM NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH, I KNOW 23 IS OBVIOUSLY A STATE ROAD, BUT IS KNOW, IT JUST HELPS TO HAVE IT BE A FOCUS.

>> IS 12% GROWTH OVER A DECADE SIGNIFICANT TO THE TPO? THAT IS

WHAT I BELIEVE I HEARD . >> YES. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. I GUESS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. IN OUR BOUNDARY, WE ARE LOOKING AT AT COUNTY BASIS, ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS OBVIOUSLY GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY, FOLLOWED BY NASSAU COUNTY . THEY HAVE GROWTH. WE DO EXPECT THE OPEN AND THE OPERATION OF THE FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY IN CLAY COUNTY WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN LOCALIZED AREAS. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, FOR SURE. WE GENERATE A COUNTY LEVEL GROWTH FOR DISTRIBUTION .

>> THANKS, CLARK. ANYTHING ELSE FOR CLARK? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE KNEW IT WAS EXPENSIVE BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW IT

WAS THAT EXPENSIVE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY 60.

>>> ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT?

>> MADAM CHAIR , ONE FINAL QUESTION. SO, I WAS NOT ON THE COMMISSION BEFORE WHEN THE STUDY WAS RENDERED AND THAT KIND OF THING. OBVIOUSLY, AS COMMISSIONER COMPERE SAYS, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY. IT IS A VERY INTERESTING PART OF CLAY COUNTY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL OUR DUVAL COUNTY RESIDENTS. THEY ARE GETTING WHERE THEY ARE GOING, SO TO SPEAK. WITH THAT PRICE TAG BEING WHAT IT IS, WOULD IT ALSO BE WORTH IT LOOKING AT PUTTING ANOTHER FIRE STATION IN THAT REGION? YOU ARE TALKING, YOU COULD BUILD A FIRE STATION FULLY SUPPORTED, YOU COULD BUILD THAT FIRE STATION FOR 1/8 OF THE COST

OF THE ROADWAY. >> THAT IS AN INTERESTING POINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHIEF WANTS TO ADD TO THIS. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FIRE STATION 1, BEING POSITIONED AT OLD JENNINGS WOULD FUNCTION TO GO RIGHT UP, AS MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, ACTUALLY, MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT BECAUSE 23 COTS OAKLEAF AND HALF, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOUR SAFETY PERSONNEL, YOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, TO SERVICE BOTH SIDES OF OAKLEAF. WE HAVE STATION 26 ON THE WESTERN SIDE , THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATION 1 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GO UP THE EXPRESSWAY OR THAT SERVICE ROAD AND HIT THE EAST SIDE OF THE OAKLEAF AND CHESWICK OAKS AREA BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO

[01:30:09]

>> YEAH, FOR ME, THAT IS KIND OF THE POINT. YOU KNOW, WITH A PROJECT THAT ESSENTIALLY COULD BE 1/8 OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET, WHAT SOLUTIONS CAN WE PROVIDE UNTIL WE GET TO THAT PIECE? THAT IS A VERY LARGE APPROPRIATION. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE DOCTORS. WHAT, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, I'M A BRAND-NEW COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST, I CALLED THEM APPROPRIATIONS, THAT THE TPO HAS

GIVEN FOR CERTAIN BUDGETS? >> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. I COULD GET YOU AN ANSWER FOR THAT. I KNOW SOME OF THE LARGER PRICE TAG PRICE CHECKS , UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DO SIT ON OUR LIST FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO COBBLE TOGETHER THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE KEEP IT ON THE LIST AND WE KEEP TRYING. I WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT SOME OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS. FROM THE TPO'S PERSPECTIVE, WE DO ABOUT 10 MILLION YEARLY FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP . BUT GETTING IT INTO PHASES, THAT HELPS THE PROCESS. THERE ARE OTHER FEDERAL BUCKET

AND STATE BUCKETS . >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

>> CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD , MAYBE? NOT

TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. >> CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER COMPERE WAS DISCUSSING. THAT AREA IS EXCEEDINGLY PROBLEMATIC. AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT EXTEND FURTHER AND FURTHER SOUTH ON CHESWICK OAKS, WE HAVE EXACERBATED THAT PROBLEM. THE LAST EXPLOSION WAS LITERALLY AT THE END OF ONE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. SO THE TIME TO GET UNITS INTO THERE AND DELIVER SERVICES IS EXCEEDINGLY PROBLEMATIC. I WOULD AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONER, WE COULD LOOK AT PUTTING A FIRE STATION OVER THERE AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT. ONE OF THE GREAT FRUSTRATIONS OF MY TERM WHILE I HAVE BEEN HERE IS THAT THE AREA BOTH ARGYLE AND OAKLEAF, WE CONTINUE TO CONSTRUCT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED. I COMICALLY REFERRED TO IT AS WE PUT CUL-DE-SACS EVERYWHERE NO LONGER CONNECT

[01:35:34]

>> TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY AND I DON'T MEAN THIS DISPARAGINGLY BUT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PREDATE MOST OF US. SO WE ARE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF IT NOW AND IT IS PAINFUL. IT IS PAINFUL TO SEE, I HAVE DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO LIVE OUT ON CHESWICK AND SO THEY SHARE. WHAT IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, RIGHT? THOSE ARE VALID CONCERNS, BUT WE ARE HAVING TO, I THINK IT'S TIME TO JUST PICK UP THE BALL AND DO SOMETHING. I AM LOOKING FOR AVENUES TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

TO YOUR POINT, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING IN. I AM SEEING JUST HOW MUCH THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OAKLEAF IS CHANGING IN REAL TIME ALONG THE EXPRESSWAY AND I GET QUESTIONS IN MY DISTRICT ALL THE TIME. WHY WOULD YOU APPROVE THAT? I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T. YOU KNOW? YES, YOU KNOW VERY WELL, COMMISSIONER BURKE. SO I AM LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO FIX THAT AND RIGHT NOW, ALL THE SOLUTIONS I AM BEING GIVEN HAVE PRICE TAGS WE CANNOT SWALLOW. NOT AS ACCOUNTING, ANYWAY.

>> THAT BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION I HAVE, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY, AS A COMMISSION, TO PREVENT NEW DEVELOPMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, IT ÚIS KIND OF DONE. MOVING FORWAR TO REQUIRE CONNECTIVITY TO OUTLETS?

>> I WILL SAY, I MADE THAT A POINT FOR THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THAT. IT CAUSES FRUSTRATION WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT DO BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE I ASK FOR WIDER ROADWAYS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE AND WE SAW LAST NIGHT, IT WAS HARD TO GET UNITS AROUND TO THE SCENE. SMALLER STREETS CREATE REAL BOTTLENECKS FOR US.

THE TRAVEL TIME LAST EVENING, MYSELF, I WAS DRIVING IN THERE, I THINK CHIEF HUDSON AND I REFLECTED WE SAW FOR OURSELVES HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET IN THERE. WE SEE OUR MEMBERS DO IT EVERY DAY BUT WHEN YOU DO IT YOURSELF, AND AS A REAL PERSONAL FEEL TO IT. AND YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS.

>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, CHIEF, WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT

[28.  Public Hearing on Ordinance and Resolution to Amend the Capital Improvement Plan and Other Budget Adjustments (R. Kantor)]

TONIGHT. I APOLOGIZE. >> I AM THE BUDGET MANAGER. THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY A QUARTERLY UPDATE OF THE BUDGET WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND MAKE UPDATES FROM THINGS THAT HAPPENED THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THE CIE PORTION HAS TO DO WITH THE ROAD PROJECTS.

[01:40:08]

FOR THE REST OF IT, OR FOR PARTS B AND C, OR 2 AND 3, WE WERE LOOKING AT REVENUES FOR ONE THING, ALL THE FUNDS, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE COLLECTING BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE COLLECTING. OUR PROJECTIONS ARE TO PUT THE BUDGET UP SO REVENUES WERE LOOKED AT. TWO, WE HAVE, SORRY, THERE WE GO. THERE ARE A FEW GRANTS THAT I RECOGNIZED MONEY FOR. FLORIDA TALKS, THE IKEA PET ADOPTION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, THERE IS SOME GRANT MONEY THAT HIS PUT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. LASTLY, IN THE GENERAL FUND IS THE SUBSIDIZED IMPACT FEES, SO I SET UP FUND TRANSFERS TO MOVE SOME STATE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THESE DIFFERENT IMPACT FEES. SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE GENERAL FUND. UPDATE OF REVENUES FROM THE FDOT FOR SIGNAL LIGHT AND MAINTENANCE FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS TO COVER OUR COSTS THERE. THE SHERIFF HAS CARRYOVERS BUT WE SETTLED ON DOING THEM NOW. THEY HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT FUNDS.

THOSE ARE IN THERE. WE HAD TO PUT THE BUDGET THERE TO PAY FOR THEIR STUFF. AGAIN, REVENUE CATEGORY FOR REBATES FROM PHARMACEUTICALS. THAT IS CLEAR TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT REGARD. AND THEN WE GOT $50,000 FROM THE STATE SO WE INTEGRATED THAT INTO THE SHIP PROGRAM. AND THEN SOME CLEANUP WITH SOME DEBT SERVICE FUNDING THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP TO BE ADOPTED TO CHANGE THINGS, I TALKED TO THE CLERK. I CHANGED AROUND SOME FUND TRANSFERS TO GET THE DEBT SERVICE PAID FOR FOR BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY BONDS. AND THEN, BASICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WITH THE FIRE STATIONS, SO, I HAD BUDGETED MOST OF THE BUDGET FOR THE STATIONS THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT IS NOT PROGRESSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE WENT WITH IT AS A GROUP AND LOOKED AT HOW MUCH WE WILL BE SPENDING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND TOOK THE BALANCE AND PUT IT IS THE SAME FOR THE FIRE STATIONS, IT'S JUST THAT TRYING TO TIME IT THE WAY IT WILL BE. SO THAT IS MOVED OUT OF THE FIREHOUSE AND FINALLY, THE REIMBURSEMENT AND UNIVERSAL COLLECTIONS CATEGORY AND NOW THAT IS THE MONEY BACK AND THAT IS FINE.

THAT IS THE WHOLE THING. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO BUSTED OUT

BETWEEN YOUR CIES AND NON-JIK3. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> SEEING NONE, DO WE NEED TO, I NEED TO OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE THINGS THAT REG JUST TALKED ABOUT. SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT

BACK AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION . >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL

[01:45:02]

>> AND I DO THEM TOGETHER? I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS BNC.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

[29.  Fifteenth Amendment to Agreement No. 2020/2021-213 for Professional Engineering Design Consultant Services for the Bonded Transportation Program Construction Management at Risk Group #2 with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (E. Dendor)]

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSE?

MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 MAG. >> THANK YOU, REG.

>>> ITEM NUMBER 29, THE 15TH AMENDMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSULTANT SERVICES. ADD, THIS IS ON TIME CERTAIN BECAUSE WE HAD TO MOVE THE MONEY? OKAY.

>> YES. >> GOOD EVENING. THE BOND TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATOR THIS EVENING, ITEM NUMBER 29 IS TO REQUEST TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO 2021 ¿ 213 FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSULTING SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT ON COUNTY ROAD 209 FOR PROJECT NUMBER 2 AND 5 IN THE AMOUNT OF $220,887 03 CENTS.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED? THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

[30.  Public Hearing for the purpose of considering the entry into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase by the County of real property necessary for the Bonded Transportation Program, more paricularly described as a portion of Tax Parcel No. 39-05-26-015113-006-00, and authorization for County Manager to execute all documents necessary to close the acquisition (C. Grimm/E. Dendor)]

MOTION CARRIES, AS 5-0 MAG. >> WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE SALE , PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR ANOTHER PARCEL FOR THE BONDED TRANSPORTATION

PROGRAM. >> MADAM CHAIR, I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR. I AM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY TO PURCHASE A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENT FOR THE PARCEL ALL FOR 106,000. THIS REQUEST INCLUDES WITH THE REQUEST THE AUTHORIZATION THE COUNTY MANAGER TO HAVE THE ACQUISITION. THE PORTION OF THE PARCEL AND EASEMENTS ARE NECESSARY FOR COUNTY ROAD 215 EAST OF THE RIVER TRACK AND THE SELL SIDE , ALL RELATED TO PROJECT SIX A.

THE PURCHASE COVERS 4043 SQUARE FEET. THE PERMANENT EASEMENT IS 2321 SQUARE FEET AND THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 70 SQUARE FEET. WITH THIS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AGAIN, REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND

>> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ED? I WILL OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION.

>> I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A MOTION AND A SECOND.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHY IS TAMMY ROCK, A MARRIED WOMAN, BOLD AND UNDERLINED?

>> IT IS JUST THE WAY THE ACQUISITION FIRM SET IT.

>> I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT.

>> THEY DO REQUIRE THE MARRIED WOMAN PART.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> I AM SURE THERE IS AN ATTORNEY SOMEWHERE TO ANSWER THAT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 MAG. THANK YOU, ED. OKAY, GOING BACK ALL THE WAY BACK , WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CLERK AND COMPTROLLER HERE THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. OUR SHERIFF WAS HERE, THE UNDERSHERIFF WAS HERE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE OTHERS AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. GREAT

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

TODAY. >> APPROVAL OF MINUTES. WE HAD THE MINUTES FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING FROM APRIL 8 AND THE MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING ON

APRIL 15, 2025. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING APRIL 8TH

[01:50:11]

AND APRIL 15TH, 2025. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 MAG.

>> NOW WE HAVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ON APRIL 15TH, 2025. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 15TH, 2025.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AT OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT IS 5:50 P.M. AND IT IS THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. OF COURSE, THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WON'T NECESSARILY ENGAGE IN DEBATE OR ASK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN EMAIL THEM AND STAFF CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND YOU MAY ALSO EMAIL YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ARE CONVENIENTLY PLACED AT THE MEETING ROOM ENTRANCE AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK . YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. WE ARE ASKING YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. NOW I WILL BRING UP RON MORGAN. MR. MORGAN, YOU HEAR? HE MAY NOT HAVE STAYED. HE DOESN'T PUT ON HERE WHAT HE WANTED TO TALK TO US ABOUT. MR. MORGAN, WE ARE SORRY. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE WILL TALK TO YOU LATER. AND THEN WE HAVE STEPHEN I HAD A FEELING YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO US.

>> HOW IS THAT? MY NAME IS STEVE NOKES PROJECT YOU DISCUSSED EARLIER . I HAVE BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE WAY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO BE WELCOMING THIS PROJECT WITH OPEN ARMS AND EXCITEMENT SO IF YOU DO CONSIDER THIS PROJECT AND GREENLIGHT IT, I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS IN THAT EFFORT. AND THEN TO COMMISSIONER, I APOLOGIZE, I CAN NEVER SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT.

>> JUST CALL ME JOHN. >> THANK YOU, SIR. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE POINT YOU MADE ABOUT THE FIREHOUSE, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SAFETY ASPECT FOR THOSE THAT DO LIVE IN THE CHESWICK OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD BUT I KNOW THAT TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN ENGINEERING AND PEOPLE WHO WORK IN DEVELOPMENT, SOMETIMES WE OFTEN SEE IT, I AM NOT BLAMING ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION OFTEN TIMES ARE DELAYED OR LAG BEHIND DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. I THINK THIS PROGRAM CAN ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC AND AS A COMMISSIONER, YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, TRAFFIC ON ARGYLE, HAVE TO DO IT AT LEAST TWICE DAILY, AT LEAST. SO THAT WOULD MAKE A SIMPLE CUT AROUND

THAT TO DIVERT TRAFFIC. >> I REMEMBERED THAT ABOUT YOU STEPHEN, I DID NOT WANT TO CALL YOU OUT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> YEAH, I DO WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT CONSIDER, IF WE DO HAVE THAT BUILT, MAYBE AS A FUNDING CONCERN, YOU THINK ABOUT THE X-RAY IT WOULD BRING IN , ALL THAT LAND BACK THERE, I KNOW I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO GO BACK THERE BUT I HAVE BEEN BACK THERE A COUPLE TIMES. THERE IS NOTHING BACK THERE. SO I THINK IF THAT, IF IT WERE DEVELOPED, THAT IT COULD BRING IN EXTRA HOMES, BUSINESSES, DEVELOPMENT, AND MAYBE BRING IN MORE REVENUE THAT WAY. AND THEN TO ANOTHER CONCERN ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS, WE HAVE HIGHWAY 23 AS A STATE ROAD. IF WE EXTENDED THAT , IF WE EXTENDED THAT ROAD AT THE CLEVELAND CONNECTION,

[01:55:01]

THEN -- >> GO AHEAD.

>> IF IT IS IN THE LONG-RANGE PLAN, THAT HIS TWO STATE ROADS THAT WOULD BE CONNECTING , GIVING ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR ENTER A QUICK COMMENT? SEEING NONE, I WILL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEMS 7 THROUGH 22. IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO

PULL FOR DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 11.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 9.

>> ANYTHING ELSE ANYTHING ANYONE LIKE TO PULL? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MINUS NUMBER 9 AND NUMBER 11. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I AM SORRY.

ITEM NUMBER 20. I HAD MY NOTE AND I ALMOST FORGOT. ITEM NUMBER 20. I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER YOU TO CONSIDER IT ACCEPTED ON CONTINGENCY OF THE UPDATED TITLE. THE OWNER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE TITLE IN. I ONLY WANT TO APPROVE IT ONCE WE GET THAT UPDATED TITLE IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE.

>> I WILL AMEND THE MOTION. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE MOTION AND SECOND ARE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THAT NOTE I AM WAS FORGOT. I WILL GET THAT ONE TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A

[9.  RFP No. 24/25-065 Camp Chowenwaw Park Swimming Pool Management, Lifeguard Staffing, and Swim Instruction (K. Smith)]

ITEM NUMBER 9, MANAGEMENT LIFEGUARD AND STAFFING.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS REVIEWING THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS I WOULD KIND OF CONSIDER RED FLAGS LOOKING THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS OF THESE APPLICANTS. ONE THING THAT WAS CONCERNING WAS THE EXTREMELY LARGE POINTSPREAD BETWEEN THE APPLICANTS. THE SECOND THING WAS THE TOP POINT RECEIVER IS NOT LOCAL. THEY ARE IN ORLANDO. I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WITH THEM PROVIDING LIFEGUARD SERVICES HERE IN CLAY COUNTY, AS TO HOW THEY PLAN TO GET LIFEGUARDS. DO THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA? OR HOW THAT WORKS. I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF ON HOW THEY KIND OF PLAN TO NAVIGATE THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, AFTER WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE IN GOVERNMENT, WHERE YOU WILL WORK FIRST, THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR KAREN, THERE IS A LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE RIGHT NOW. IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND LIFEGUARDS. SO TO ENSURE WE HAVE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE, POTENTIALLY ONBOARD WITH THE FIRST RIGHTS COMPANY, THE CONTINGENCY AND THEN TWO AND THREE WOULD BE THE NEXT TRIGGERED. I GUESS MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR KAREN.

>> KAREN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO WAS OR JUST IN FIRST?

>> THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT ORLANDO THROUGH THE PROCESS, HOW DO THEY PROVIDE LIFEGUARDS?

>> YES, SIR. SO, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF WE AWARD NUMBER ONE AND THEY CAN'T PERFORM, WE CAN MOVE TO NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE AS WE GO. MEMORIAL WEEKEND, WE HAVE PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE BID AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE AWARE OF THAT. THEY SAID THEY WERE OUT OF ORLANDO AND THEY HAD A TEAM READY TO LAUNCH, THEIR EXACT WORDS. THEY SAID THEY DO THIS ALL THE TIME. SO THEY ARE READY TO GO. WE KNOW THEY WILL DO THIS AT THEIR EXPENSE, THAT IS WHAT THEY DO IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THEY WANT TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH CLAY COUNTY.

THEY ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS PROPERLY. WE HAD A SITUATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE THEY COULD NOT MEET THE DEADLINE, EVEN THOUGH THEY COMMITTED. THE EXACT SAME THING,

WE WENT TO NUMBER TWO. >> THIS MIGHT BE A JUSTI QUESTION. WHAT IS THE STAFFING FOR LIFEGUARDS AND FREQUENCY?

[02:00:05]

>> I AM THE DIRECTOR PARKS AND REC.

>> IS IT ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS? I GUESS, WHEN?

>> SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, OUTSIDE OF HOLIDAYS, WE SHUT DOWN JULY 4, THAT IS THE DAY WE SHUT DOWN.

>> MY NEXT QUESTION, KAREN, IF THEY SAID THAT AND THEY ARE AWARDED THE BID AND THE DEFAULT, IT AUTOMATICALLY GETS OFFERED TO

NUMBER TWO? >> YES, SIR. OKAY, ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS FOR KAREN OR JUSTIN? >> ONE QUESTION, IT CONCERNS LIFEGUARDS AND SWIM TRAINING AND ALL OF THAT. IT SPECIFIES PRESCHOOL AND ADULT, PRESCHOOL SWIM AN ADULT. I WAS WONDERING, HOW, MY GRANDKIDS STARTED WHEN THEY WERE TODDLERS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR SWIM TRAINING FOR ANY OF THIS. I AM JUST WONDERING, IS THAT A NEED, WANT, A REQUEST? OR

DO WE NOT PROVIDE THAT? >> CURRENTLY COME IN OUR PRIOR CONTRACT, WE DID NOT PROVIDE ADULT WARD CHILDREN SWIM LESSONS FOR INDIVIDUALS. THAT IS SOMETHING THE VENDOR SELECTED COULD PROVIDE . YES, PRE-K UP TO IS THE NEED FOR SWIMMING.

>> I AM TALKING LIKE SIX MONTHS, THE LITTLE GUYS?

>> YES, SIR. >> YOU CAN DO THAT?

>> YES. AS FAR AS ADVERTISING, WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR TEAM TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. THERE ARE PUBLICATIONS LET PEOPLE KNOW

THIS IS BEING OFFERED. >> THAT IS A CHANGE THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SWIM LESSONS AT CAMP CHOWENWAW PARK, WHICH HAS

NOT BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST. >> SO THEY COME HERE MEMORIAL DAY WITH A GROUP AND THEN THEY WILL HIRE PEOPLE THEN? I DON'T

GET THAT. >> THEY WILL COME HERE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR PLUS 2 LIFEGUARDS, SO A STAFF OF THREE.

THEY ARE PREPARED TO DO THAT FOR MULTIPLE CONTRACTS, THEY STATED, BUT THEY WILL OFFER POSITIONS IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP.

>> SO THEY WILL LIVE HERE? THEY WILL LIVE HERE TEMPORARILY .

>> THE WAY THEY INDICATED IN THEIR PROPOSAL.

>> SO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, I HAD TO DO IT LAST TIME, THEY PREPARED TO HAVE MORE LIFEGUARDS IF THAT HAPPENS?

>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY.

>> I KNOW, BUT IF IT HAPPENS , IF NUMBER TWO HAS TO TAKE OVER,

DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO -- >> I AM ASSUMING , WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE WITH THEIR STAFFING LEVEL IS LIKE AT THAT TIME.

>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. THEY PROBABLY BRING COLLEGE KIDS AND RENT A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE FOR THE SUMMER.

>> THEY GAVE RESUMES? >> I KNOW TWO OF THE SUPERVISORS ALREADY HAD BUSINESS DEGREES IN THEIR RESUMES. INTERESTING.

>> I WOULD THINK, TOO, THEY PROBABLY POST REGIONALLY. THEY PROBABLY CAST A NET. ONE LAST QUESTION, GO AHEAD.

>> ONE THING THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THEY DID MENTION THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ASKED FOR. I DID NOT SAY WE WOULD D THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. THE FACT, IF THEY WERE TO MOVE OR RELOCATE, MAYBE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE THINKING OF SOME SORT.

THEY ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL THE TIME.

>> YEAH. THAT WOULD PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE STABILITY FOR US,

TOO. >> OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THE CONTRACT IN PLACE. ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN NEGOTIATE.

>> I HATE THAT ROLE. >> IT GIVES US A PLACE FOR A

POLAR PLUNGE. >> I AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JUSTIN OR KAREN?

>> ARRAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF RFP 20 THIS BY 24/25-065 , CAMP CHOWENWAW PARK SWIMMING POOL MANAGEMENT, LIFEGUARD STAFFING

[02:05:13]

AND SWIM INSTRUCTION. >> SORRY, CLARIFICATION. I JUST

APPROVE STAFF RANKING? >> IT ALLOWS THE NEXT, YEAH, AS

RECOMMENDED. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND? YES.

[11.  Cooperative Agreement between Clay County and Lincoln Memorial University Re: Clay County Animal Service Shelter and Care Facility (G. Biastre)]

>> I JUST PULLED THIS JUST, EDIFICATION, YOU KNOW? WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS PUBLIC-PART PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, $100 MILLION, WE REALIZED IN YEAR SIX THERE IS A CLAWBACK IN THE FACILITY COSTS , ANY FACILITY COSTS WE CAN RECOVER THIS. THAT I ONE THING . I WASN'T AWARE OF IT AND I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF IT. THE OTHER THING IS, I ASKED FOR A COUPLE GUARDRAILS , CONCERNING THE USE OF THE FACILITY, COLLEGES HAVE CLASSES AT NIGHT. WE INJECTED ALL THAT.

THERE WERE A COUPLE GUARDRAIL THINGS TO BE PUT IN THERE. THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT IS WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY PUT BEFORE THEM.

>> FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THERE IS A NEW VETERINARY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OPENING OFF OF WELLS ROAD IN THE COMING YEARS. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, I THINK IT IS PRETTY FASCINATING. THERE ARE ONLY 60 SOME ODD VET SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE NATION. YOU DON'T KNOW, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF VETERINARIANS, ESPECIALLY LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARIANS, WHICH I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE TRAINING. LARGE AND SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARIANS, REPRESENTING THE RURAL PARTS . HEADED OUT YOUR WAY, TOO. I AM ALWAYS HEARING PEOPLE SAY I NEED A REFERRAL FOR A LARGE ANIMAL VET AND APPARENTLY, WHEN THEY NEED IT, THEY NEED IT. ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THIS IS COMING TO CLAY COUNTY,NUMBER 60 SOMETHING. 33? 35. IN THE WHOLE NATION. THAT IS REALLY AWESOME. THIS GRANT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LINCOLN MEMORIAL , CLAY COUNTY AND CHEWY. IF YOU GET YOUR PET SUPPLIES FROM CHILE, ANYWAY, I THINK IT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. YOU CAN PROBABLY CONFIRM THIS, THERE IS PROBABLY OF MEDICAL COMPONENT COMING HERE, AS WELL.

>> YES. >> THE NUMBERS I RECALL ARE UP TO 1000 STUDENTS IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS. IT IS HUGE, A GREAT CAPTURE FOR CLAY COUNTY.

>> YEAH, THEY WILL PARTNER WITH CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, TOO, THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE THE ANIMAL SERVICES . THE ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM IS REALLY EXCITED. I HAVE HEARD YOU WERE VERY INTEGRAL PART IN THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

>>

>> I AM KIM BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS HAVE TO PASS THEIR EXAM. OUR CURRICULUM IS QUITE COMPREHENSIVE. WE HAVE GREAT PLANS FOR LARGE ANIMAL SERVICES, AS WELL. WE ARE WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY TO DO A GOOD BIT OF RESEARCH

], AS WELL. >> MY DAUGHTER IS THERE, THAT IS

WHY I ASKED. >> YEAH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

>> THANK YOU. >> THERE IS A QUESTION FOR ERNEST, THE DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES. I SHOULD'VE ACKNOWLEDGED HIM. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE TWO OTHERS. WE

[02:10:01]

ONE AN ADJUNCT POSITION. >> I DON'T KNOW. LAST TIME I SAW HIM, HE WAS LIKING RETIREMENT.

>> THAT IS GREAT. >> ARRAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 11.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN

FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE

BUDGET? >> AND WE INCLUDE ITEM BE IN

THERE? >> WITH THE MOTION.

[23.  Strategic Plan Update (C. Everill)]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 23. WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN

UPDATE. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

>> I AM THE OPERATIONS PROJECT COORDINATOR. I WILL GO OVER THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. WE ENTERED YEAR TWO OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2025. WE JUST COMPLETED OUR FIRST QUARTER. AS ALWAYS, I WILL POINT OUT A FEW DIFFERENT GOALS AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AT . THERE WAS A GOAL I DON'T GO VERY INTO DETAIL, I CAN ALWAYS GO INTO DETAIL AFTER MY PRESENTATION. ALSO, BEFORE I GET INTO THE GOALS, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE REPRESENTATION OF OUR PROGRESS ON THE GOALS AS A WHOLE.

COLUMNS WE HAVE IN OUR GOALS. GO TO THE NEXT. HERE IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE COMPLETED GOALS. YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT ONES I HAVE LISTED THERE. NOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOALS THAT ARE STILL ON TRACK AND IN PROGRESS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. I JUST DID ONE TO MAKE THAT VISUAL REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF OUR GOALS, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME WE ARE ON TRACK AND WILL GET BY THE END OF 2028 . JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF OUR OVERALL PROGRESS AT THIS POINT. THESE ARE THE ONES HAVING BEEN COMPLETED THUS FAR. NOW, AS FAR AS THE GOALS I WENT TO HIGHLIGHT, FIRST, THE GOAL TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNTY EMERGENCY ALERTING SYSTEMS, ALERTCLAY, BY 30%. SO IN MARCH WE HAD 36,514 . THE OVERALL GOAL FOR THIS ONE IS 42,988. WE ARE LITTLE OVER A 10% INCREASE. WE ARE WELL ON TRACK TO RECEIVE THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY THE END OF OUR GOALS. THE NEXT GOAL I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE GOLD TO GENERATE 100 MILLION IN GRANT REVENUE IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT $49,763,490. WE ARE ALMOST HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL IN ITS ENTIRETY. AGAIN, WE ARE ON GREAT TRACK. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GET TO THE GOAL BEFORE THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN 2028. NOW THE NEXT GOAL I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS TO EXPECT 100% OF ALL HIGH RISK OCCUPANCY BUILDING INSPECTIONS EACH YEAR. IN 2024 458. THE TOLL INSPECTED TO DATE IS 705. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIGH RISK OCCUPANCY BUILDINGS WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY AS OF LAST COUNT WAS A LITTLE OVER 1100. I ALSO D WANT TO POINT OUT I AM IN CONTACT WITH THE PERSON WHO GIVES US THE ACCOUNT TO MAKE SURE IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER HIGH RISK OCCUPANCY BUILDINGS THAT COME UP GET IN THE COUNT. THOSE BUILDINGS OF THAT NATURE. IN THAT CONTEXT, WE DO HAVE NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE DO CAPTURE THAT IN THE DATA, AS WELL. THE NEXT GOAL I WENT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE RESIDENTIAL REVIEW FROM SEVEN DAYS AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW TO 30. IN MARCH, COMMERCIAL WAS 18 DAYS AND RESIDENTIAL LESS. WE ARE

[02:15:13]

LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON? >> CAROLINE, DID YOU HAVE AN UPDATE, I GUESS IT WAS ON YOUR LAST PAGE, IT SAYS MAINTAIN A

90% RATE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER? >> WE HAVE ACHIEVED THAT EVERY YEAR. WE ARE ON TRACK AGAIN. THE AVERAGE FOR 2023 WAS 91%. THE AVERAGE IN 2024% WAS 80. AS FAR AS THUS FAR IN 2025, JANUARY,

FEBRUARY AND MARCH ARE ON TRACK. >> THE REASON I AM ASKING YOU, I RECENTLY BECAME AWARE THAT DUVAL COUNTY DROPPED BELOW STATUS.

SO, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, IN JACKSONVILLE A CHIROPRACTOR , DEALING WITH ANIMAL ADOPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HE REACHED OUT, THE STAFF REACHED OUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT CLAY HAS MAINTAINED STATUS. THEY ARE WORKING WITH CHANNEL 4 IN A BIG ADOPTION EVENT, I THINK LATER THIS SPRING OR SUMMER.

ANYWAY, HE WANTS TO PROMOTE PLACES THAT ARE NO KILL . YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE REMARKABLE ABOUT HOW MANY SURRENDERS THERE ARE AND TO FIND THOSE PETS NEW HOMES, THEY ARE USED TO HAVING AN OWNER. THEY ARE NOT STRAYS. BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, I CARE A LOT ABOUT ANIMALS. I JUST WANTED TO

HIGHLIGHT THAT. >> YES, I AM JUST A LITTLE UNFAMILIAR AS IT RELATES TO THE SIDEWALKS.

CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THE 20 MILES, IF ANY AT ALL, ARE

WITHIN SCHOOL ZONES? >> I DO NOT KNOW OFFHAND, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO GET

THAT INFORMATION. >> JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A BROADER PICTURE AS TO MY QUESTION. WE WERE AT THE TPO MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THEY ARE RUNNING THIS INITIATIVE TO FILL THE GAPS SPECIFIC TO SIDEWALKS IN SCHOOL ZONES. AND THERE IS JUST A GREAT NEED AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR LITTLES, OUR BABIES. I AM JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE 20 MILES YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD WOULD POTENTIALLY FIT INTO THAT PROGRAM?

>> DEFINITELY. I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE CAN ASK FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND I CAN ASK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE PROJECT AND GET THAT INFORMATION

TO YOU. >> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> AND THEN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTATION THAT PER OUR LAST TIME I CAME AND SPOKE BEFORE YELLED, WE DECIDED FOR THE COMMISSIONER THAT IT WOULD BE AN EARLY REPORT SO I DID DROP OFF THE FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT IN JANUARY . IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, EITHER NOW OR AFTER THE FACT, I

KNOW I JUST GAVE IT TO YOU. >> IT IS THICK.

>> IT IS. >> 61 PAGES. I ALSO GAVE YOU AN UPDATE, PROJECT UPDATES. I KNOW THERE WAS A PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. SO, ANY QUESTIONS NOW OR AFTER, I AM

[02:20:03]

ALWAYS HERE. >> THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

>> JUST TAKING A LOOK, REALLY. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.

[24.  Department of Government Efficiency Update (H. Boucher)]

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY UPDATE. >> GOOD EVENING. LIKE YOU SAID, I HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY ON STAFF'S EFFORTS TOWARD OUR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE. I HAVE A MEMO ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT OF THE EFFICIENCY STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE LATELY. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL LOOK FAMILIAR. THEY COME UP TO THE BOARD FOR YOU GUYS FOR DISCUSSION. THEY ARE UPDATES BUT I WILL GO THROUGH THEM. THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST SHOULD LOOK VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE VERY RECENTLY DISCUSSED THIS ONE. THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER FACILITY LOCATION. WE HAVE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS BETWEEN TWO AND $3 MILLION ON THAT. THIS ONE WAS DERIVED FROM INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS AMONG SEVERAL ÚGROUPS AND STAFF REGARDING THE BEST LOCATION TO FIT WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO CLARIFY WITH THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON. THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST IS FIRE RESCUE APPARATUS . THIS ONE WAS LATE LAST YEAR OR EARLY THIS YEAR , WHICH WAS THE PURCHASE OF A USED RESCUE INSTEAD OF PURCHASING A NEW ONE. SO IN OUR BUDGET WE HAD $1.5 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW RESCUE AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A USED ONE AND WE PURCHASED THAT ONE FOR ABOUT 700,000 AND OF FITTED IT SO WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE ABOUT $700,000. THE NEXT ONE SHOULD ALSO LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU GUYS. EAGLE LANDING PARKWAY TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AGAIN, THIS IS ONE WE SAW LAST YEAR. WE HAD COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT AROUND 500,000. WHEN THE BIG CAME BACK, WE GOT ONE BID AND THE ESTIMATE WAS CLOSE TO $1 MILLION. SO THE ENGINEERING TEAM WENT BACK, DID SOME REWORK AND WAS ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE WORK IN HOUSE AND ENDED UP HAVING A TOTAL COST FOR THAT ONE OF $328,000, WHICH WAS A GIANT SAVINGS FROM WHAT THE BIG CAME BACK AS. SO WE SAVED ABOUT $670,000 FOR THE BID. WE WERE ALSO WONDER BUDGET FROM THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES THAT WE HAD. THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST , ECHO PARK LIGHTING PROJECT. THE FACILITIES OF THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT WORK TOGETHER ON THIS ONE. AGAIN, THE BIG CAME BACK OVER BUDGET. THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THE SCOPE AND ORIGINALLY IN THE SCOPE, THERE WAS A PRACTICE FIELD WE WERE GOING TO ADD LIGHTING TO. WE TOOK THAT OUT OF THE SCOPE AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE AROUND $208,000. THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST, WE HAVE A FEW UNDER OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THEY HAVE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY ON REVIEWING THE SCOPE AND LOOKING AT BUDGETS OF THEIR PROJECTS THEY HAVE . SO THEY GAVE ME A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIST ON THINGS THEY LOOKED AT JUST THIS YEAR. I PICKED OUT JUST A FEW. I HAVE MORE EXAMPLES FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM. JUST OVER THREE PROJECTS THEY WERE ABLE TO REALIZE, $75,000. FOR FIRE STATION 22, THEY WERE ABLE TO USE AN EXISTING ELECTRIC POLE INSTEAD OF INSTALLING AN ADDITIONAL POLE FOR OUR BERM BUILDING PROJECT. THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE PURCHASES DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER SO THEY SAVED COSTS ON MARKUP TO OUR VENDORS.

FOR THE ECONOMIC BUILDING , THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLANS AND MAKE CHANGES TO OUR GENERATOR. IN THE ORIGINAL PLANS WE HAD A CUSTOM GENERATO, CUSTOM TANK FOR THE GENERATOR.

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WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO THE TEAM AND WILL NOW USE A STANDARD SIZE TANK FOR THAT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A LOWER COST AND DOES NOT REQUIRE THE DEP PERMITTING. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST IS REGIONAL PARK STORAGE SHEDS. THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CHANGE ORDER FOR STORAGE SHED AT THE REGIONAL PARK. THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE GOT FOR THAT ONE DIDN'T LOOK QUITE RIGHT TO THE FACILITIES TEAM. THEY WENT TO WORK WITH THE VENDOR. WE STILL COULDN'T PINPOINT THE CORRECT CALCULATIONS FOR THAT SO THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

MY PRE-CALCULATIONS IN MY DISCUSSION WITH OUR CONTRACTOR OUT THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE PRICE BY $21,000 FOR THAT. THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST I HAVE IS IN THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT. THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THE ANNUAL LICENSES THEY GET FOR DIFFERENT VENDORS AND THEY REALIZED THEIR VISITOR TRACKING DATA THEY RECEIVE FROM TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME . THEY ARE ABLE TO FORGO ONE OF THE LICENSE WHEN THEY GET THAT DATA . WE ARE STILL ABLE TO GET THAT DATA THROUGH ANOTHER VENDOR. THAT SAVED ABOUT $20,000. THAT IS ALL I HAD ON THE LIST. THE OTHER THING, THE LAST THING IN THE MEMO, YOU WILL SEE WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FLORIDA D.O.G.E.

TEAM REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS , I AM WORKING TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND SEND IT

TO THE STATE. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU.

>> TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SAVINGS THAT WILL BE REALIZED AND HOW

THOSE MONIES ARE SPENT. >> I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER FOR THAT. I WOULD SAY THEY ARE HOPEFULLY PUT TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS. HOWARD MIGHT HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR

THAT. >> INITIALLY, THEY WOULD JUST GO INTO THE FUND RESERVES IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND WHERE THE SAVINGS WOULD COME FROM. OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE RECONCILED AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. WE CAN USE THOSE MONIES AT THE BOARD'S PLEASURE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A SAVINGS THERE. IT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD TO EMPHASIZE IT IS THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST OR THE EMPHASIS FOR THE BOARD TO DO

THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. >> JUST MAKING SURE.

>> WE HAVE REALIZED THESE SAVINGS. EACH ONE OF THEM IS DIFFERENT, IF YOU LOOK AT IT. WE JUST REPLIED BACK. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. I JUST RECEIVED IT, MINUTES AGO, A LINK TO AN MD SHAREHOLDER THAT REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THIS NEXT REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNOR'S D.O.G.E. TEAM. IT IS THINGS LIKE A LINE ITEM BUDGET. IT IS GRANTS AND GRANTS WE HAVE APPLIED FOR, CONTRACTS WE HAVE RUN INTO. IT IS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC. THAT IS WHAT WE PARTNERED WITH. I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF SHE GOT THE SAME EMAIL. I JUST WENT INTO IT TO CHECK IT OUT. BUT IT IS VERY EXCITING ON THIS AND TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE, WE WANT TO GET ON THIS. WE WANT TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STATE WHERE WE ARE AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES.

>> A FEW COMMENTS, ONE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNOR'S D.O.G.E. TEAM REQUIRES WE PROVIDE A POINT PERSON BECAUSE WE HAD MADE OUR DECISION TO WE DIRECT OTHER'S EFFORTS AT ONE OF OUR MARCH MEETINGS. HEATHER IS THE POINT PERSON FOR THE GOVERNOR'S D.O.G.E. COMMITTEE. IT IS INTERESTING, THEY STILL SEND A REQUEST TO THE COUNTY MANAGER, WHICH IS FINE, USUALLY THEY HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP BUT THEY KNOW HEATHER IS THE POINT PERSON ON THAT. IF YOU GET ANY INQUIRIES, LET'S MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THE LIST AND HER INFORMATION. THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY ON THAT, ONE OF THE

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HAVE ANYTHING? >> THANKS, HEATHER, FOR COMPILING THIS BUT OF THE LIST YOU STATED, THAT IS $4.6 MILLION, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY. THAT IS REALLY GOOD. AS WE ARE SEEING THE COST OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $100 MILLION. WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS MINDSET.

THINGS ARE REALLY UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW WITH THE STATE BUDGET.

SO, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM, CONTROLLING WHAT WE CAN, WILL BE VITAL. THE LAST THING IS, FOR ME, HOWARD, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE CREATING A CULTURE AMONGST YOUR TEAM OF THIS IS THE EXPECTATION OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO OPERATE. IT IS A BIG DEAL.

YOU HAVE A GREAT START. >> YEAH, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE GETTING A NEW POWER POLE OR USE AN EXISTING POLE.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU PAY FOR IT, TOO.

>> IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS. >> OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK

[25.  Bid No. 24/25-055, Fire Station 18 Parking Lot (K. Smith)]

>> YOU ARE NOT CAN UPDATE EVERY MEETING, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR WHEN YOU HAVE UPDATES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 25, NEW BUSINESS. SO, KAREN IS GOING TO COME FORWARD. THIS IS FOR FIRE STATION 18 PARKING LOT, I HAVE A BID FOR 24/25-055.

>> THIS ITEM IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST BRIEFED ON. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIDS THAT CAME IN OVER BUDGET. WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID. THIS IS UNDER NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE BID. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REJECT THIS BID GIVEN THE SCOPE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAREN?

>> IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

[26.  Code Enforcement Foreclosure Discussion (C. Grimm/C. Stewart/T. George)]

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY

SAYING AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

>> THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. >> NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 26, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FORECLOSURE DISCUSSION.

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>> THIS IS COMING UP. OKAY, I GUESS I WAS THE ONE WHO ASKED FOR THIS ONE TO BE PUT ON OUR AGENDA. COMMISSIONER BURKE DAY, ONE OF THE ONE ON THE PROPOSED LIST. IS IT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER'S DISTRICT? IT IS IN ORANGE PARK. IT WAS, YES. OKAY.

ANYWAY. SO CODE ENFORCEMENT FORECLOSURE DISCUSSION.

>> TOO MANY THINGS TODAY. >> ESSENTIALLY, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE A LIST OF FIVE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN THIS CASE WAS BEING WORKED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE SO THAT IS THE FIVE YOU ARE LOOKING AT. WE PROVIDED AS BACKUP JUST SOME GENERAL INFORMATION, THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU, AS WELL. SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE ITEMS.

>> I GUESS I COULD START BY SAYING, THE BOTTOM THREE ON THAT LIST ARE IN MY DISTRICT. THEY ARE ALL UNOCCUPIED PROPERTIES.

IN FACT, ONE OF THE THERE IS NO STRUCTURE THERE ANYMORE. IT IS A VACANT LOT. THAT IS THE ONE ON HEAD CHILD. AND THEN ON BITTERROOT, BITTERROOT IS KIND OF INTERESTING . THE HOMEOWNER PASSED AWAY AND SOMEONE FROM HIS FAMILY IS ATTEMPTING TO LIVE THERE BUT IT HAS BECOME A DRUG KAYVON. THERE ARE NEEDLES EVERYWHERE AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SEEN ON THE PROPERTY. THAT ONE IS REALLY A PROBLEM. AND THEN THE ONE ON SCENIC IS JUST A JUNKYARD, BASICALLY. THAT IS THE STORY ON THOSE THREE. LIKE I SAID, I THINK WHILE THEY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD ON, SCENIC, THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY LIVES ACROSS THE CREEK. HE LIVES IN LINDSAY AKER SO WE KNOW HOW TO FIND HIM. ON HEDGEHOG, IT HAS A DEATH CERTIFICATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THE OWNER PASSED AWAY BUT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE , IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE OWNER IS ALIVE AND HE TOOK THAT DEATH CERTIFICATE TO THE PROPERTY ASSESSORS OFFICE TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP TO JUST HIS NAME. HE IS AROUND. HE'S GOTTEN INTO SOME TROUBLE WITH CCS OVER HARASSING NEIGHBORS AND A FEW THINGS. AND THEN BITTERROOT, OBVIOUSLY THAT MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT. THAT MAY BE A MORTGAGE COMPANY SO WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT ONE. THOSE THREE I ASKED FOR TO BE PUT ON THERE.

PRIMARILY HEDGEHOG AND BITTERROOT BUT ALL THREE BECAUSE THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THOSE ARE MY THREE. AND I GUESS I COULD SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SPEAK ON THE COLLEGE DRIVE ONE . I DO RECALL NOW, COMMISSIONER CELLA HAD ASKED IT TO BE PUT ON IN THE COLLEGE DRIVE INITIATIVE .

>> AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. THEY CAN KEEP THAT ON THERE.

>> OKAY. MIND, I ASKED FOR THIS ONE TO BE ON THERE. SORRY, I SAW AN AMBER ALERT. EVERYONE THAT HAS GONE TO THE FAIR ON 315 HAS SEEN THIS HOUSE. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH. IT IS FRUSTRATNG TO ME WITH THESE HOUSES THAT THEY CAN STAY ON THERE FOREVER AND THE STATE , IT'S NOT THE COUNTY'S FAULT, IT'S THE STATE. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING. THERE ARE ONE OR TWO I WANTED TO ADD, IT HAS A $3 MILLION FINE ON IT. THIS ONE, I GUESS, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT IS AN HEIR THAT LIVES THERE. THIS GUY WAS KICKED OUT OF A PROPERTY ON RURAL ROAD NEAR THE DAIRY. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS HOMESTEADED, IT IS ATROCIOUS. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING .

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THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE DID USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, WHICH I DO SUGGEST. IT ALSO TOOK SOME TIME. THOSE FOUR , I THINK, WHERE YOU ARE LUCKY WITH, ALL FOUR OF THEM WE FOUND ALL OF THE OWNERS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF US NOTICING THEM THERE WOULD BE A FORECLOSURE PROCESS, THEY DECIDED TO DO A CALL TO ACTION AND ESSENTIALLY, AT THE ENDOF THE DAY, ALL OF THEM SOLD THEIR PROPERTIES. THE PROPERTY OWNERS CLEANED THEM UP AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. IT WAS A BLESSING FOR ALL OF US. IT TOOK A HOT MINUTE.

LUCKY WITH THESE FIVE. SO THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS MAY CONTINUE

TO THE END. >> I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DO

SOMETHING. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP. >> 315 IS ATROCIOUS. IT REMINDS ME OF THE COMMUNITY EFFORT IN RESPONSE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. I WAS GOING TO GO WHERE THE PROPERTIES WERE NOT DRIVING. YOU

ARE KIDDING ME. IT'S A MESS. >> YEAH, I KNOW IT IS NOT A PROCESS THAT IS WITHOUT, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO ALLEVIATE, I THINK THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL IS APPROPRIATE, WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE MORTGAGES ON ANY OF THESE BUT I THINK IT IS THE ONLY EFFORT WE CAN DO . WE CAN'T DO THIS ON HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES, OBVIOUSLY. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES. FOR THE MOST PART, I DON'T THINK THESE ARE OCCUPIED BE SOMETHING WITH THIS GUY KIND OF SQUATTING. I DON'T REALLY KNOW. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS, I KNOW IN THE PREVIOUS ONE, SEVERAL OF THOSE WERE IN MY DISTRICT. WAIT A MINUTE, THESE ARE IN MY DISTRICT. ANYWAY, ANYWAY, THE ONE PERSON, THEY DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THE PROPERTY. THEN HE CLEANED IT UP AND SOLD IT PERIOD AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN. IT IS FRUSTRATING. HE DIDN'T WANT THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO

FORECLOSE. >> YEAH.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ISSUE? THIS IS KIND OF A DISCUSSION. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A VOTE. ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS OR DOWNSIDES

ANYONE SEES? >> I HAVE A PRELIMINARY QUESTION. WILL YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS ENTAILS? AND THE RESULT OF IT, SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL?

>> BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. >> SO, WE ELECTED OR YOU GUYS ELECTED TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL. THEY HELPED US FIND THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL LAST TIME. THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL FORECLOSURE PROCESS , THEY WOULD RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IS COMING THEIR WAY. AS IT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF INTERACTION IN BETWEEN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, NONE OF THEM WERE FORECLOSED ON. THE PROPERTIES WERE CLEANED UP.

IF THEY GO COMPLETELY THROUGH TO FORECLOSURE AND BECOME HOURS, WE ARE THEN ON THE HOOK FOR CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY AND FIXING WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PROPERTY. I ASSUME WITH THE TURNAROUND WE WOULD SELL THE PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE ITS OWN LITTLE PROCESS WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DO YET. IN MY MIND, IT MAY NEED MORE STAFF TO DO IT. THAT IS FOR HOWARD TO WEIGH IN ON.

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>> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE LAST TIME?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT TOOK US A COUPLE YEARS TO GET IT COMPLETELY DONE. ONE OF THE PROPERTIES, WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING THE GENTLEMAN. WE FOUND HIM TWO OR THREE HOURS AWAY AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE HIM. SO IT TOOK A GOOD LITTLE WHILE.

PROBABLY UP TO TWO YEARS. AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT TURNED

OUT FAVORABLE. >> IN THAT SAME LIGHT, IS THERE THE ABILITY WE COULD CHOOSE TO SELL IT AS IS? WE PROBABLY

WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT? >> YEAH, I DON'T, ME, PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. THEN WE HAVE NO ASSURANCE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY CLEAN IT UP. MY OTHER WORRY IS, WE WILL HAVE TO FIND THE FUNDING IF IT GETS TO THE FORECLOSURE AND IT BECOMES OURS. AS YOU GUYS HAVE SAID, COUPLE OF THESE, THIS WILL TAKE A FEW PENNIES TO GET THEM CLEANED UP.

SO, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A WORRY IF WE GET TO THAT POINT.

>> SO IF I AM HEARING YOU, WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS UP TO, ACCORDING TO OUR HISTORY ON THIS PROJECT, TWO YEARS POTENTIALLY. I KNOW THERE WERE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES YOU ALL NEEDED TO PROCESS. SO WE GO THROUGH PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PHASE 2 WOULD THEN BE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. FOR STORING THAT PROPERTY BACK TO WHAT WOULD BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE AND CODE. WHAT ARE THE RANGES FOR HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REHABILITATE THESE FOUR, FIVE,

FIVE PROJECTS? >> ONE, I CAN GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. COURTNEY, WHEN DO WE DO TATE? 2018, 2019? WE DEMOED A HOUSE ON JEFFERSON, WE CLEANED IT UP. IT WAS AROUND 2018. IN THAT SAME TIMEFRAME, WE DEMOED , THE GENTLEMAN WAS BUILDING SOMETHING TOTALLY A LEGAL , IT WAS LIKE AN APARTMENT

COMPOUND. REMEMBER THAT? >> IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE LITTLE

BOXES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. >> IN A FAMILY HOME, SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. WAS INTERESTING. WE ENDED UP, IT IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT. YOU ALL OUGHT TO HANG OUT SOME. SO WE ENDED UP DEMOING BOTH THOSE RESIDENCES , OR PIECES OF RESIDENCES. IT COST US , I CAN'T REMEMBER, COURTNEY. I THINK IT WAS AROUND 17 GRAND. IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT TOO BAD. BUT THESE WERE NOT, JEFFERSON NEEDED MOWING AND THAT KIND OF THING.

THERE WAS A LOT OF TRASH. CAMPERS, RVS, IF I HAD TO GUESS, SOME OF THOSE WOULD PROBABLY COST US 150 GRAND.

>> ON THIS LIST? >> ON THIS LIST.

>> $150,000? >> TO DEMO THE HOME OR THE STRUCTURE, ILLEGAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE THERE. WE ARE LOOKING AT 15 TO 20 GRAM PER STRUCTURE. AND WHAT ARE IT COSTS TO HAUL IT OFF.

PHASE 3 WOULD BE THE COUNTY TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT. SO I AM LOOKING AT SOME DETAILS THAT MAKE ME A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. I DON'T LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE COUNTY ASSUMING PROPERTY. I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS A COUNTY FUNCTION TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY WE OWN. AND THEN, GET INTO REAL ESTATE AND SELLING PROPERTY. BUT WHEN IT BECOMES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MITIGATE THESE PROPERTIES AND BRING THEM BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER, STAFF THAT WOULD NEED TO NOW ASSUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, I FIND THE TIMING OF THIS PRETTY INTERESTING. WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND I THINK WITH THE TENOR OF THE TIMES, IT DEMANDS THAT. I DON'T KNOW THIS IS MOVING AT LEAST AT THIS JUNCTURE, THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW SEEMS A BIT INCONSISTENT.

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>> THE AMNESTY PROGRAM WE DID , DR. BURKE, WERE YOU HERE WHEN WE

DID THE AMNESTY? >> JULY TO DECEMBER 2020. IT WAS OMETHING WE HAD COME UP WIT THE CODE TEAM HAS COME UP WITH, SEMINOLE COUNTY HAD DONE THIS AND WE GOT WIND OF IT AND DECIDED TO TRY IT IN CLAY. WHAT WE DID, WE SENT OUT LETTERS TO ANYBODY WHO HAS A BLIGHTED PROPERTY. MOST OF THEM APPROVED, SOME NOT. WE SAID WE WOULD HAVE AN AMNESTY TIME FROM JULY TO DECEMBER. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, I PRINTED OFF BECAUSE 2020 WAS A WHILE BACK AND I WASN'T SURE IF I CAN REMEMBER IT ALL. BASICALLY, OWNERS WOULD BRING THEIR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTY CODES THAT HAVE EXISTING LIENS THAT EXIST UP TO 90% OR NO MORE THAN A MAXIMUM PAYMENT OF $1000, PLUS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $250. SO, FOR $1250, SOME OF THESE, $100,000 HOMES GET CLEANED UP AND INTO COMPLIANCE. WE WOULD REDUCE THAT TO $1250, LESS THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY A $100 APPLICATION FEE AT THE BEGINNING TO SHOW THEY WERE SERIOUS I REALLY WANTED TO DO IT. WE ALSO CREDIT THEM FROM THE $1250. THAT IS THE MAXIMUM THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD LET US KNOW THEIR INTENTION, SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED, WE GO OUT AND CHECK IT. IF THEY ARE COMPLIANT, IT IS A DONE DEAL. THEY PAY THE $1150 AND THEY ARE CLEAN AND OFFER A LIST. THE INTERESTING THING, I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT THIS SECOND, HOW MANY OF THOSE LETTERS WE SENT OUT. WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE SUBMIT IT. I MEAN, FIVE IS BETTER THAN NONE. SO THE STICK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO TRY AGAIN, AS WELL.

>> DIDN'T WE DO SOMETHING ELSE? WHERE WE HAD A LIST OF FOUR OR FIVE PROPERTIES AND WE OFFERED TO HELP THEM?

>> WE DID. WE HAD OUR CDBG PROGRAM. WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT KIND OF THING WITH OUR TEAM.

A NEW CASE THAT JUST STARTED WITH A DAILY FINE IN FEBRUARY.

OUR CODE TEAM AND CDBG TEAM WENT TO THAT HOUSE TOGETHER. BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED THE FINE TO TRY TO HELP HER GET HER STUFF CLEANED UP . THE FINE IS ONGOING . SHE DECLINED. THE FINE STARTED IN FEBRUARY. YES, WE ATTEMPTED THAT. THERE WERE A FEW TAKERS ON

IT, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT. >> IT IS UNFORTUNATE. WHEN I HAVE A 2007 HOME, THEY DON'T CARE. IF I HAD TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THAT PROPERTY OR DRIVE PAST IT EVERY DAY, THEY DO NOT CARE.

THERE JUST HAS TO BE A TIME WHEN SOMEONE HAS TO STEP IN, HELP AND DO SOMETHING. I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BUT THESE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE STUCK WITH THIS. I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT HAS TO BE TRIED. THEY ARE GONE, THEY DON'T CARE. THEY ARE NOT EVER GOING TO PAY ANYTHING. THEY KNOW THE SYSTEM. THESE PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF THESE KIND OF PEOPLE KNOW THE SYSTEM. THEY WILL JUST LET IT GO ON. THE ONE ON 315, WE

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>> THAT IS WHAT IS SO CRAZY. A FENCE IS GOING UP ON ONE OF YOUR PROPERTIES AND I HAVE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO FILED CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES AGAINST EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY HATE EACH OTHER AND THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESUMED RURAL-RESIDENTIAL . LITERALLY, BECAUSE OF THIS, WE DON'T WANNA LOOK AT THAT, ONE OF THEM HAS OVER $1 MILLION IN

IT. >> WHAT YOU WOULD THINK IS THE THING THAT IS CRAZY IS WHEN IT IS NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR, I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE STICK

>> YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER BURKE'S, THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS WORTH MAYBE $20,000. AND THEN THERE ARE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES. THEY DON'T CARE, THEY ARE NEVER

GOING TO SELL IT. >> YEAH. YOU MAKE AN INTERESTING POINT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BRING THESE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE SO THAT IF YOU WERE TO TURN AROUND AND SALLY, YOU'RE IN THE HOLE SIGNIFICANTLY. FOR ME, THAT IS PROBLEMATIC. I UNDERSTAND THE AESTHETIC PITCH BEING MADE. BUT I CAN'T, GOING INTO IT, I CAN ALREADY SEE SO MANY RED FLAGS AS TO HOW THE COUNTY ENDS UP IN WAYS THAT IS ONLY GOING TO GENERATE MORE COST TO THE COUNTY. WE ARE LOOKING TO, IN MY MIND, IT IS A BALANCE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH FORECLOSURE AND EXPANDING WHAT ARE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND LETTING US BE MORE MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE INEVITABLY GOING TO BE SPENT. THAT IS THE BALANCE I AM LOOKING TO STRIKE. I AM SEEING ONE, FOR SURE, COSTING US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE HEMORRHAGING WOULD STOP. YOU STILL HAVE TO SELL THE PROPERTY. I, AS FAR AS A SOLUTION IS CONCERNED, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I SUBMIT WE WOULD AT LEAST EXPLORE THE OPTION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AMNESTY PROGRAM, LET'S SEE IF ANY OF THESE FIVE MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION BEFORE WE EMBARK ON A PATH THAT IS GOING TO COST US MONEY REGARDLESS. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE A LAW FIRM TO HANDLE THE FORECLOSURE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET STAFF INVOLVED IN MITIGATING THE PROPERTY. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A REAL ESTATE FIRM TO SELL THE PROPERTY, OR AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO. THOSE ARE ALL MAJOR COST INITIATIVES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN MOVING FORWARD WITH AN AMNESTY PROGRAM.

I AM NOT SAYING NO FOREVER. I AM SAYING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE THE COSTS, AT LEAST INITIALLY. THAT IS MY

THOUGHT. >> I HAVE THE BOTTOM TWO ON HERE , I SPECIFICALLY HAD TAXPAYERS, TAXPAYERS THAT ARE NEIGHBORS CALL ME AND ASKED ME, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO GET THIS CLEANED UP BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON. THIS ONE SAYS $25 A DAY SINCE 2024 . THEY ACTUALLYHAD A CASE , THREE OPEN SO THAT IS WHY THE DATE IS OCTOBER 2024. IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, TAXPAYERS THAT LIVE AROUND THAT LOCATION HAVE CALLED AND SAID, I WANT YOU, AS THE COUNTY, TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN. IT IS AFFECTING THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. THESE ARE LITERALLY CONDEMNED PROPERTIES, BASICALLY. AT HEDGEHOG, THERE IS NOT REALLY A STRUCTURE THERE.

IT'S JUST A JUNKYARD. HE HAD A HOUSE THAT BURNED DOWN. HE PASSED IT . HE USES THE PROPERTY AS A WHATEVER, A JUNK COLLECTOR.

I MENTIONED, THERE IS A MOBILE HOME WITH NO WINDOWS, NO DOORS , STUFF ALL OVER. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SO MUCH TRASH AND JUNK HAS STARTED MOVING INTO THE BACKYARD. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF

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THAT IS HOW THEY GOT ON HERE. THEY ARE NOT ONLY A BIG DEAL TO ME, THERE A BIG DEAL TO THE NEIGHBORS. THIS IS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS INTERESTING, I TALKED TO COURTNEY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY ASKED ME, WHAT IS THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS? WHY CAN'T THE COUNTY GO OUT AND SAY, CONDEMNED THE STRUCTURE, IT CAN'T BE LIFTED.

WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE INSPECTORS ECHO OUT. PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN STRUCTURES THEY SHOULDN'T SAFELY BE IN. THAT IS HOW I GOT HERE. I DON'T HAVE THAT.

>> A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AESTHETICS, YOU TALK ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES. THERE IS ALSO A SAFETY COMPONENT .

>> WHEN THE FENCE FALLS DOWN, A LITTLE KID COULD FAL IN THE POND NOW AND DROWN. I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE 315 PROPERTY. THAT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. I MEAN, I WOULD NOT WANT MY KIDS, THERE ARE DERELICT CARS ON THE LOTS, THEY CAN FALL DOWN. IT IS REALLY A SAFETY THING. THE OTHER THING I KEEP THINKING, YOU'RE SENDING A SIGNAL. IT IS NOT JUST THESE FIVE HOMES. HOW MANY VIOLATIONS DO WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY? 150? 150. YOU SEND A SIGNAL TO THE OTHER 150. SO, YEAH, IT IS GOING TO COST US MONEY. I TELL YOU WHAT, BULLDOZER, YOU KNOW, DUMP TRUCK, YOU CAN DO A LOT FOR 25, $30,000. WE DO WE QUITE FREQUENTLY. YOU SCRAPE IT DOWN, YOU SCRAPE THE HOUSE OFF THE GROUND. SO, YOU KNOW, I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH LET'S TAKE A BABY STEP THAT WILL NOT COMMIT US BUT I SUPPORT AN AMNESTY WITH TIME CERTAIN. BY DECEMBER IF YOU DON'T RESPOND, THEN WE WILL GO THE HARD WAY. WE WILL GO THROUGH FORECLOSURE. SEPTEMBER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE YOU WANT. JUNE TO DECEMBER? THAT IS FINE. JANUARY 1 NEEDS TO BE CERTAIN. WE NEED

TO MOVE FORWARD. >> I DO HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE WITH OCCUPIED PROPERTIES.

TOOK OFF THE LIST BECAUSE IT IS OCCUPIED. SHE HAS OVER $1 MILLION IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE IS NOT KIND TO ME, YET, I DON'T THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO FORECLOSE ON HER HOME BECAUSE OF AESTHETICS. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE SO I TOOK IT OFF. I DON'T SEE THIS AS AN EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS THE ONLY STATE STATUTE, THE ONLY LEVER WE CAN PULL. IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS, WE CAN ASSESS THE LIEN AND THEN IF THERE IS NO HOMESTEAD, WE CAN FORECLOSE. I SEE THAT AS NOT AN EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE THOSE PROPERTIES , IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT. IT IS JUST GETTING IT RESOLVED, WHICH SOME OF THESE MIGHT . 315 MIGHT , MAYBE, IF HE WANTS THE PROPERTY, THAT IS A VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS, I KNOW I HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, SAFETY AND HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS. QUALITY OF LIFE TO ME SAYS IT ALL. A VERY BIG PORTION OF WHAT I THINK OF WITH BLIGHT, NOW, WHEN I HAVE THE PEOPLE AROUND ME HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AREA, SAFETY, HEALTH, I AM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GROWING IN THAT PLACE, WHAT ANIMALS AND CREDITORS ARE THERE THAT ARE CARRYING DISEASES, WHO KNOWS? I CAN'T SEE THAT IS NOT PART OF WHAT OUR DUTY IS. I JUST CAN'T. ANYWAY. I AM FOR THE AMNESTY APPROACH. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. LET'S TRY. I WILL GO OUT THERE AND HELP THEM, I DON'T CARE.

>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. COMMISSIONER RENNINGER BROUGHT UP SAFETY. WHAT INCIDENTS HAVE WE SEEN WITH THESE FIVE PROPERTIES CONCERNING SAFETY? SAFETY OF NEIGHBORS?

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>> I CAN TELL YOU ON HEDGEHOG, HE, THE OWNER OF THE HEDGEHOG PROPERTY TRIED TO FIREBOMB THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND HIM. ALL THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO? IT HAPPENED WHEN OUR VETERANS, WHEN WE DID THE VETERANS THING, ONE OF OUR VETERANS PULLED ME ASIDE AND WHISPERED TO ME, HE IS THE NEIGHBOR THAT TRIED TO FIREBOMB.

>> I THINK THAT IS DISTINCT FROM --

>> I CAN TELL YOU, 315, THE VIOLATIONS ARE JUNK , TRASH AND VEHICLES OCCUPYING A TRAVEL TRAILER , THE COLLEGE DRIVE IS TREE DEBRIS, SCENIC, UNLAWFUL WORK WITHOUT PROPERTY DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVAL IN FLOOD ZONE/FLOODWAY.

>> HEDGEHOG, JUNK , JUNK VEHICLES, NON-PERMITTED STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWN YARD. THE LAST ONE IS JUNK, TRASH AND

DEBRIS. >> I THINK COMMISSIONER RENNINGER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ATTRACTING NUISANCES.

FENCES , STUFF LIKE THAT. WE WORKED THAT PRETTY REGULARLY.

TYPICALLY, WE DEAL WITH THAT.

>> WE GO OUT THERE AND RED TAG IT BECAUSE THOSE ARE HEALTH AND SAFETY. WE ALSO INVOLVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF RULES.

COMMISSIONER RENNINGER HAS A COUPLE TIMES ASKED ME HEALTH AND SAFETY TYPE QUESTIONS.

>> WE HAVE A HOME IN FLEMING ISLAND THAT HAS, WHICH IS NAME? WHAT IS HIS NAME? YOU TALK ABOUT ATTRACTING NUISANCE, WE HAD TWO TEENAGERS, THE HOME WAS ABANDONED. THEY WENT IN THERE AND HE CORNERED THEM WITH A RIFLE AND SAID, IF YOU MOVE, I WILL KILL YOU. THAT IS WHAT YOU DRAW WITH THESE HOMES THAT ARE OUT OF CODE. IT'S HIS HOMESTEAD. OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY .

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. LIKE I SAID, WE SHOULD TAKE BABY STEPS , DO AN AMNESTY . AND THEN WE WILL BE HARD-CORE.

>> YOU MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS. AS A DAD, I FEEL THAT SHOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE GOOD POINTS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE STANDARD, COMMISSIONER, AS YOU SAID, THE STANDARD YOU WANT TO SET FOR THE COMMUNITY. I THINK IT IS WHY PEOPLE COME TO CLAY COUNTY. THEY KNOW IT IS A VERY CLEAN COMMUNITY, WE TAKE CARE OF THINGS. IT'S OUR JOB. SO I ECHO EVERYONE ELSE'S SENTIMENTS. WE WILL TAKE EVERY MEDIA OF MEASURE WE CAN UP TO THAT. YOU'RE RIGHT, IT COULD BE EXPENSIVE. HOPEFULLY, LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS A ONE AND DONE. WE WILL DO WHAT WE SAY WE WILL DO.

>> CAN WE ADD A STATEMENT IN THE AMNESTY THAT IF YOUR PROPERTY IS NOT HOMESTEADED, THE COUNTY HAS THE RIGHT TO FORECLOSE? LIKE, DO THEY KNOW THAT? HAVE WE TOLD THEM?

>> I DON'T KNOW. I WILL READ THROUGH THIS. IF NOT, I WILL PUT

IT DOWN. >> WE SEEM TO HAVE CONSENSUS AROUND OFFERING THE AMNESTY PROGRAM AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE WAITING UNTIL JUNE? IS IT JUNE THROUGH

DECEMBER? >> PREVIOUSLY IT WAS JULY TO

DECEMBER. >> ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL JULY? WE WILL BE TELLING THESE PEOPLE

>> DO WE GET TO SET THE TIME FRAME?

>> >> THAT IS WHAT I AM ASKING. ARE WE WAITING UNTIL JULY? LIKE, WE CAN AWAIT NINE MORE MONTHS TO DO

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SOMETHING? >> WE HAVE WAITED YEARS.

>> I THINK THAT IS UP TO YOU GUYS.

>> YEAH. >> AMNESTY.

>> I COULD GET IT STARTED TOMORROW, JUNE, THEY NEED DOCUMENTATION AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE COULD START THE AMNESTY, I WOULD SAY, JUNE. I DON'T THINK THAT PRECLUDES ANYTHING . JUST MY THOUGHTS, BUT THE STICK

>> MY THREE ON THERE , I WOULD PRESUME . I DON'TKNOW IS THERE, DO WE VOTE, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS, WHAT DO WE DO?

>> WE DEFINITELY HAVE A CONSENSUS OR A VOTE OR SOMETHING. BEFORE ACTUALLY FILING THE ACTION.

>> MINE IS NOT DOING AMNESTY. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER REMEDIATION BESIDES AMNESTY OR IS IT JUST AMNESTY .

>> THERE IS NOT REALLY ANY OTHER.

>> WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY. THE OTHER ONE COULD BE OFFERED

THROUGH CDBG. >> FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE ON THAT LONG LIST, AMNESTY WON'T , DEFINITELY, IT IS A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD. YOU KNOW, TIMES ARE CHANGING. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SELL STUFF. PAY $1150 INSTEAD OF 138,000. IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT TURNAROUND SELLING THE PROPERTY.

>> SO I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION , SHOULD WE TAKE THE AMNESTY WE SEEM TO HAVE CONSENSUS ON, SHOULD WE VOTE ON IT TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ANY OF THE DISCUSSION

WE HAD. >> IT IS KIND OF WEIRD. IT IS NOT AUTOMATIC, AMNESTY WAS NOT THE TOPIC FOR ITEM NUMBER 26.

HOW WOULD WE APPROPRIATELY DO IT?

>> I COULD JUST WORK ON IT. >> SO, WE ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE. WE CAN GO WITH WHAT WE HAVE THE FIRST OF MAY AND JUSTIFYING YOUR TIMEFRAME. IF WE HAVE AN AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT IS ESTABLISHED , THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TIME TO GET

A LETTER OUT. >> HOW IS THIS AMNESTY PROGRAM?

IS IT BY ORDINANCE? >> IT WAS ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE BACK WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED. IT WAS JUST THAT THE BOARD MAY ESTABLISH THE AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES COMPLIANCE AND

SETTLEMENT MEANS. >> OKAY.

>> IT IS WORTH A SHOT. >> AND THEN IS THERE A MOTION ON

THE FORECLOSURE NOT? >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF FORECLOSING , STARTING THE PROCESS ON THE FIVE PROPERTIES.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PROCEED ON THE LIST OF FIVE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS SAID, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS, WE WILL DO THE AMNESTY FIRST WITH ALL

FIVE? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> I THINK YOU OFFER AMNESTY TO EVERYBODY.

>> I THINK YOU COULD OFFER THE AMNESTY TO THOSE FIVE AND THE FORECLOSURE WILL TAKE CLOSE TO TWO YEARS.

>> OKAY. THAT IS MY THIRD AND FINAL QUESTION. ARE WE TO OFFER

THAT AS REMEDIATION? >> THAT IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE AMNESTY TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WOULD LOSE ESSENTIALLY NINE MONTHS. SO THAT IS WHAT I WAS

SAYING. >> THE FIRST FORECLOSURE COMMISSION THEY GET, THEY GET BUSY, RIGHT? THEY ARE CLEANING IT UP AND THEY COULD COME IN AND BE HERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM FOR THE BUYER TO COME IN WITH THE LIEN APPLICATION. I MEAN, THEY

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CAN CLEAN IT UP ANY TIME. >> THAT IS TRUE.

>> NOW I AM CONFUSED. SO THE MOTION IS TO BEGIN THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES THE AMNESTY OPTION?

>> YES, I THINK AMNESTY NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WILL DO THIS AMNESTY PROGRAM IN MAY, STARTED IT IN

JUNE FOR SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS. >> BUT YOU ARE SENDING IT TO

EVERYONE ? >> EVERYONE WHO HAS A LIEN.

EVERYONE WHO HAS A LIEN GETS THAT.

>> THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE FIVE.

>> THEY WOULD GET THE SAME LETTER.

>> THAT IS IN THE FORECLOSURE BUCKET.

>> AND THEN STILL EVEN TO THE THING.

>> THEY HAVE THE OPTION. THEY GET TWO CHANCES THERE. THEY HAVE

THE OPTION. >> IF THEY WANT TO RESOLVE IT ,

THAT IS RESOLUTION. >> AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE LAST ONE WE DID, IT WAS A HOME WHERE THE FATHER HAD PASSED AWAY. THE KIDS LIVED MOSTLY IN DUVAL, I THINK. THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST, IN MY WORDS, WERE FLOUNDERING ON WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY. OKAY, THEY ARE NOT FORECLOSED ON.

AND THEN THEY HAD COMMUNICATION WITH US. THEY ENDED UP SELLING IT. AND THEN THEY GOT IT CLEANED UP .

>> A REMEMBER THAT ONE. THE EACH GOT ABOUT 10 OR $12,000, THERE

WERE FOUR OR FIVE KIDS. >> IT IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR SOME PEOPLE. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE THE AMNESTY A SHOT.

INAUDIBLE ] >> AND THE MOTION TO BEGIN FORECLOSURE ON THESE FIVE PROPERTIES, DOES IT INCLUDE TO PROVIDE OR IMPLEMENT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM TO THE REMAINING 150?

[27.  Request for Prospective Buyer Lien Reduction for Thaddius Lee (C. Stewart)]

>> UPDATING EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID BEFORE THAT.

>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

>> THE MOTION CARRIES . THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW, IT IS NOT ALWAYS THIS WAY. WE APOLOGIZE. WE ARE AT OUR LAST ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION PART, REQUEST FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYER LIEN REDUCTION FOR MR. THADDIUS LEE. THE PROPERTY IS IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS

ON BAYLOR AVENUE. >> I WILL START, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. LEE. YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PROPERTY, IT WAS BOUGHT BY A TAX DEED SALE. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED UP AS OF JANUARY 25, 2018. $198,000 IN LIENS. AS I SAID, IT WAS CLEANED UP, IT WAS CLEANED UP PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT. IT WAS CLEANED UP PRIOR TO THE TAX DEED SALE AND NOW YOU HAVE A CONTRACT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS?

>> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU. >> WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> YOU LIVE IN KEYSTONE NOW? >> HE IS MY NEIGHBOR.

>> I AM STILL YOUR COMMISSIONER. >> DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT, I KNOW IT IS A VACANT LOT.

>> IT IS. I BOUGHT ONE AROUND THE CORNER.

IT DOWN. I WAS TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE I WANT TO SELL IT. THAT IS THE PLAN.

>> IF THEY REDUCE THE FINE. >> THE NEIGHBORHOOD AIN'T WORTH

IT. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE?

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS.

>> WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP ON BAYLOR ON SATURDAY.

ON SATURDAY, YEAH. YOU KNOW, BAYLOR IS FAIRLY LONG, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR PROPERTY IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.

>> THEY ARE BUILDING NEW HOUSES THERE.

>> YEAH.

NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. >> THERE ARE NICE NEIGHBORS

THOUGH. ALL RIGHT, YES, SIR? >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK

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CAUSED HIM NOT TO DO IT. >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE E ON THE AVENUE. AT THE CLERKS OFFICE HERE, WE HAVE LOOKED EXTENSIVELY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OF HER WHAT IS SHOWING. THE TAX DEED, ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS YEARS AGO, THEY TELL YOU THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES, NO ANYTHING.

ACTUALLY, THERE IS SOME DOCUMENTATION ON THE APPLICATION . IT SHOWS THAT. THESE GUYS THERE MAY HAVE SOME CONVERSATION TO ADD TO

THAT. ANY TAX DEED SALE . >> MAY I ASK WHAT YOU ARE PAYING

FOR THE PROPERTY? >> WHAT I AM PAIN? 15 GRAND.

>> OKAY. I THINK IT IS NOT, I THINK IT IS MAY BE ON THE ASSESSED VALUE AROUND $20,000. I JUST WANTED TO ASK. WE COULD PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. THE LIEN ON $201,450 IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN THERE SEVERAL MONTHS. THAT IS CRAZY IT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP SINCE 2018 AND SOMEBODY JUST WALKED AWAY.

>>

>> SO, I GUESS I COULD MAKE A MOTION.

>> I GUESS I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REDUCE THE FINE TO ZERO ON

THIS PROPERTY. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MISSION CARRIES, 5-0. WE WILL REMOVE OUR LIEN, YOU WILL WORK WITH CHARISSE ON THAT PAPERWORK AND THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU

[31.  Discussion of Resignation from the Clay County Historic Preservation Board]

DOING THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, TOO.

TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MOVING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 31, WE HAVE A RESIGNATION, THIS ONE MAKES ME SAD. THIS IS DEIDRE MURPHY, SHE HAS BEEN A VERY COMMITTED MEMBER F MINE TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. BUT I GUESS WE SHOULD ACCEPT HER RESIGNATION. SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER TWO OR THREE YEARS, VERY COMMITTED. I THINK SHE WAS VICE CHAIR.

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESIGNATION.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. I WILL SAY,

[32.  Letter of Support for Clay County Rescue Mission's Florida Blue Grant Application]

>> CLAY COUNTY RESCUE MISSION WAS THE ORGANIZATION THAT SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO WE HAD A VETERAN THAT WAS 80 YEARS OLD AND THE COLD SPELL, THE FREEZING, HE WAS LIVING IN HIS CAR. HIS CAR WAS NONFUNCTIONAL. SO THE VETERANS COUNCIL TOOK HIM UNDER THE WING AT THE RESCUE MISSION TO FUND THE HOTEL HE STAYED IN. I MET WITH AMY , I FORGET WHAT HER LAST NAME IS, AT THE RESCUE MISSION, SHE IS OPERATING WITH THE RESCUE MISSION SO SHE WAS APPLYING FOR A GRANT FROM FLORIDA BLUE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE AGREED TO WITH THE FUNDING OF NONPROFITS IS TO TELL THEM TO LOOK FOR GRANTS AND HELP THEM WRITE GRANTS, SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR GRANT WRITING PROCESS. I TOLD HER TO TALK TO MEGAN . WE HAD A MEETING WITH AMY HOUSTON. OKAY. WE MET WITH HER. THIS WAS THE LETTER OF SUPPORT TO HELP HER GET THE

GRANT. THAT IS THE BACKGROUND. >> TO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT?

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OKAY, ANY OPPOSITION? >> WE HAVE JUST FURTHER , WE ACTUALLY HAD A STUDENT FROM ST. JOHN'S THAT GRADUATED, TAYLOR IS HIS NAME, DOING A LOT OF REMOTE WORK. HE'S WORKING ON BEHALF OF CLAY COUNTY. WE ARE FULLY PROUD TO HELP SUPPORT HIM.

HE IS A ROCK STAR. HE IS REALLY GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THEY WERE HIGHLIGHTED THIS MORNING . THE FUNCTION WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR WORK. I AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENTS ABOUT GETTING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. THEY DO TREMENDOUS WORK.

>> WHERE THEY THE BIG WINNER? >> YEAH, IT WAS EMOTIONAL.

AGAIN, THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK THAT THEY DO . IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. I THINK SHE EVEN WAS TEARING UP. DID YOU SEE THAT? MAYBE YOU, JOHN. IT WAS THE RESCUE MISSION THAT IS DOING PHENOMENAL WORK, MEETING THE NEEDS OF FOLKS. RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY. I HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONGSIDE THEM A COUPLE YEARS BACK. YOU CAN SEE THE DESPERATION IN THEIR EYES. I AM VERY HAPPY FOR AMY AND I AM EXCITED FOR THE TIMING. SHE IS GOING TO BE VERY SMILEY THIS

[33.  Bid Opening Tabulations (K Smith)]

>> WE HAD A COUPLE THREE BID OPENING TABULATIONS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMISSIONER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING? OKAY. COUNTY MANAGER?

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

>> NO. >> I GOT NOTHING.

>> NO COMMISSION OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER RENNINGER, DO YOU

WANT TO START? >> I COULD START. QUITE A FEW OF US ATTENDED LAW DAY LUNCHEON LAST WEEK. THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS THE SPEAKER. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THIS MORNING WE HAD A REGIONAL COUNSEL -- COUNCIL INITIATING MEETING FOR A STUDY THEY WILL BE DOING FOR INSTALLATION MILITARY READINESS REVIEW. SOME OF THE GUYS IN READINESS, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR RUNWAY IS UNDERWATER, IT IS HARD TO LAND. WE COULD DO IT ONCE. WE WILL DO IT AGAIN. IF THE ROAD YOU NEED TO GET TO THE BASIS -- BASE IS BLOWN AWAY ARE UNDERWATER, AS WELL, IT IS HARDER. WE WILL LOOK AT ALL THE FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE SUCCESS OF THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE REGION AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE THEM FUNCTIONAL DURING ANY KIND OF CONFLICT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A CONFLICT WILL BE. YOU NEED THOSE RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT NATIONAL SECURITY WHATEVER. SO, IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS IS A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GRANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO FLORIDA TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BASIS TO KEEP THEM OPERATIONAL.

THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL WERE REGIONAL COUNCILS. THIS EFFORT IS TO THE REST OF THE NATION LOOKING AT STUDYING THEIR BASES AND I GOT A KICK OUT OF THEM DOING IT. IT IS INTERESTING , THAT EFFORT.

THIS MORNING. THE COUNTY MANAGER WAS THERE, MYSELF, THE CHIEF, MEGAN WAS THERE, TOO. SHE WANTED HER TOUR, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE WANTED A TOUR. WE KICKED OFF THE MEETING , ALL THE SEERS WERE THERE. THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS THERE, WHO ELSE WAS THERE?

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>> 800,000? IN GRANTS? >> I FORGET HOW MUCH. ANYWAY. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB , THE COUNCIL WILL DO THEIR JOB, THEY KNOW THE READINESS IS HUGE, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. FLORIDA IS LEADING THE NATION IN SUPPORTING THE MILITARY SECTOR. SO SPACE FORCE AT CANAVERAL, ALL THE BASES WE HAVE REGIONALLY HERE, THE RANGES , IT IS BIG.

THEY REPAIR A LOT OF AIRCRAFT , THAT IS HUGE. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT , I DID A TOUR OF THEIR WAREHOUSE. I RECOGNIZE ANYBODY, WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE, THEY ARE REALLY PROVIDING A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COUNTY. I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT 800 EMPLOYEES, IT IS HUGE. 250 HERE IN GREEN COVE. THEY WORK FOR US, THEY DO JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE BASE, THEY STOCKED SHELVES, THEY MAKE PACKAGING FOR YAMAHA, KAWASAKI AND OTHERS. THEY DO PAPER SHREDDING ON TUESDAYS. THEY HAVE A FOOD BANK ON FRIDAYS. THEY HAVE A ROBUST REPERTOIRE OF TASKS THEY TRIED TO GET EMPLOYMENT FOR THESE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS. I GUESS IT WAS HE WHO RAN THIS THING OR USED TO RUN IT, NOW IT IS KATIE VINEYARD, THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER, SO IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY, IT IS RIGHT UP THE ROAD, EASY TO GET TO. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY

DO. >> COMMISSIONER?

>> YES, OKAY. I HAVE THREE THINGS. I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, CELEBRATE CLAY , WHAT WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN EARLIER THIS MORNING. $100,000 FOR THE FOUNDATION WAS AWARDED TO SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THERE. JUST INGRAINED IN THE TAPESTRY IN CLAY COUNTY, JUST MEETING THE NEEDS. THEY ARE SO, I MEAN, THE MOST MEEK AMONG US. I THINK SOMEBODY, I WAS WALKING OUT OF THE THRASHER CORN AND ONE OF OUR PROMINENT LEADERS IN CLAY SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER EVEN MET AMY HOUSTON. IT IS A TESTAMENT OF HOW LOW-KEY SHE IS VERSUS THE MISSION THAT SHE IS PULLING TOGETHER, JUST A VERY INTERESTING CONTRAST. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PROFFERS -- PARTNERS WHO RECOGNIZE THOSE SILOS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE REALLY HELPING CLAY. THE OTHER THING I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER WAS COMMISSIONER BURKE'S AND I MEETING WITH TPO EARLIER THIS MONTH. I TALKED ABOUT THE SIDEWALK FILLING GRANT PROGRAM.

THEY ARE LAUNCHING THIS AUTOMATED VEHICLES PROJECT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE URBAN CIRCULATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS SCARY, BUT ALSO REALLY COOL. YOU KNOW, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THEY ARE LOOKING INTO PARTNERING, LOOKING INTO PARTNERING WITH GOOGLE TO GET AUTOMATED OPTIONS, ALSO SCARY BUT PRETTY COOL. I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NEXT THURSDAY, MAY , IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. I KNOW THE COUNTING , ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING THINGS ON, PENNY FARMS REACHED OUT TO ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THEY ARE DOING THEIR NEXT SERVICE THURSDAY EVENING AT 7:00 P.M. ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. AND THEN MORNINGSTAR FAMILY CHURCH, WHERE I ATTEND, IS HOSTING, ALSO THIS YEAR, THEIR SERVICE IS NO REALLY:30 TO 9:30 THURSDAY MORNING. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN. IT IS ALWAYS A PRECIOUS TIME FOR ME PERSONALLY.

COMMISSIONER BURKE ALWAYS SHOWS UP. WE LOVE TO PRAY TOGETHER.

>> YES. >> I, ALSO, I RECRUITED FORMER

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>> I CANNOT BELIEVE. >> I HAD IT ON MY LIST.

>> SO, ANYWAY, WE WILL ALL BE THERE TOMORROW. WE ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE WILL DO AWESOME THINGS OVER THERE AND JUST SET TALLAHASSEE ON FIRE. WE HAVE OUR CLAY COUNTY SPIRIT.

LET'S SEE, I KNOW, YOU PROBABLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, TOO.

THE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE SPRING STREET PROPERTY, CLAY COUNTY HOUSING SUPPORT FOR RENTERS, THEY WANT ALL OF US TO COME , OFFICIALS, COUNTY LEADERS TO COME AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM FOR THAT THURSDAY, MAY 8TH AT 2:00 P.M. . THURSDAY I WILL BE RUSHING BACK, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WALKING IN HEELS IN OUR HOUSE, INTERVIEW PRACTICE, MY DAUGHTER IS IN A PAGEANT, ANYWAY, GO, KHLOE, YOU WILL DO GREAT. I AM SO EXCITED. THAT IS

ALL FOR ME. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR IS OFFICIALLY UP. I AM SUPER PROUD OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRE RESCUE, I WAS THERE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, JUST A TREMENDOUS PLACE FOR YOUR FAMILY TO VISIT AND PARTAKE IN THE EVENTS, A GREAT JOB WAS DONE WITH THE FAIR. I HAD MY FIRST GO AT THE CELEBRITY PIG AND SHOWMANSHIP CONTEST. MY PIG NAME TYKE AFTER MY COACH'S LOVE FOR FOOTBALL FROM WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH. HE WAS AN ELITE ATHLETE AND COULD REALLY MOVE. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, IN THIS SPORT OF PIG SHOWING, YOU DON'T WANTED TO MOVE, YOU WANTED TO WALK. SO WE CALL THAT A WANAMAKER. NEVERTHELESS, I HAMMED IT UP. I TRIED TO ENJOY IT. SORRY. I KNOW. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CLAY COUNTY FAA AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT IS JUST WHAT THEY DO AND THE MONEY THEY RAISED FOR THOSE KIDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IS HUGE. SO IT WAS GREAT. I WANT TO THANK SCOUT LEADER WILL WOULD. HE INVITED ME TO COME SPEAK TO HIS WE BLOW GROUP. PACK 462 ONE FLEMING ISLAND. GETTING TO TEACH EIGHT TO NINE-YEAR-OLDS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS A TOUGH ONE. WE DID SOME MOCK MOTIONS, AND MAKING A SECOND AND ADDING AN AMENDMENT. I USED THE EXAMPLE YOU COULD HAVE WHITE MILK OR CHOCOLATE MILK. WE HAD SOME GREAT DEBATE AND GOOD AMENDMENTS. REALLY SMART KIDS. IT WAS GREAT. I WAS WITH COMMISSIONER COMPERE AT THE BREAKFAST. SHE HIT IT ON THE HEAD. THE VOLUNTEERISM IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SOME OF THESE GROUPS HAVE IS UNBELIEVABLE. THANK YOU, AGAIN TO THE REINHOLD FOUNDATION, $100,000 A YEAR THAT THEY GIVE BACK. IT IS AWESOME.

IT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. LASTLY, YOU'VE GOT PLAY DATE.

IT IS REALLY COOL TO SEE A COUNTY OF OUR SIZE IN THE STATE CAPITAL AND THE RECEPTION WE GET FROM THE LEGISLATORS ARE NOT FROM HERE. PEOPLE KNOW WHERE CLAY COUNTY IS. THEY KNOW WHAT CLAY COUNTY IS DOING. THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAMWORK. LAST, NOT LEAST, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY I WANT TO WISH MY WIFE A VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TODAY. WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 17 YEARS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WE MET HERE IN CLAY COUNTY WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS OUR SEVEN YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY BUT AS ALL YOU KNOW, BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT IS A HEAVY LEFT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAMILY. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HER ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WE BOTH LOVE SO MUCH.

SHE MAY BE WATCHING. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL JUST ADD TO COMMISSIONER RENNINGER'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE MILITARY READINESS GRANTS. CLAY COUNTY WILL BENEFIT BECAUSE PLANNING IS ONE OF THE PLACES THEY ARE EVALUATING AND ALL AROUND US ARE OTHER INSTALLATIONS THEY ARE

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SHE WORKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY AND HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I AM SURE YO GUYS KNOW HER WELL AND YOU WILL MISS HER GREATLY. SHE IS WELL RESPECTED BY STAFF AND HER COWORKERS. EVEN GETTING COMPLIMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON HERE. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. DARLENE. WE WILL MISS YOU BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

LAST NIGHT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JUDGING THE ANNUAL SPEECH CONTEST FOR THE CLAY COUNTY SEWER AND WATER BOARD. THE THREE WINNERS, WHICH I AM SURE WE WILL HAVE THEM HERE, USUALLY WE HAVE THEM COME AN WE RECOGNIZE THEM SOCIALLY. THE WINNER OF IT, THEY GOT CASH MONEY. THEY TOOK A PICTURE AND DISPLAYED THEIR CASH. IT WAS A 10TH GRADER , EDEN DANIELS. SECOND PLACE WAS MADELEINE ADLER . AND THIRD PLACE WAS ADDISON HACKNEY, AN 11TH GRADER. ALL OF THEM AT THE OAK LEAF HIGH SCHOOL. THEY MAY EVEN BE PART OF FFA, I AM NOT SURE. 23 SPEECHES, THEY COULD BE FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES LONG, IT WAS A LONG EVENING. SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER THE FUTURE OF AMERICA IS BRIGHT, THESE KIDS ARE REALLY SMART, REALLY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THESE. THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION WE HAD, 3/7 GRADERS AND THE OLDER KIDS, COUPLE EIGHTH GRADERS, IT WAS THE TROPICANA SPEECH COMPETITION, WHICH I JUDGE EVERY YEAR. WE RECOMMENDED IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE, WE REALLY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT. OBVIOUSLY, WORD HAS SPREAD. YOU ARE GOOD AT OAKLEAF. YOU HAVE FUTURE POLITICIANS IF YOU WANT TO BRING THEM ALONG.

>> I ASKED TERESA TO MAKE COPIES OF THIS SO I WILL PASS IT TO YOU. IT CAME OVER EMAIL BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO READ. THIS IS THE BENEFITS OF THE CLAY COUNTY BENEFITS FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES. THEY HAVE KIND OF THREE AREAS OF FOCUS, ADVOCATE, COLLABORATE AND EDUCATE. AND THEY GIVE US , CLAY COUNTY SPECIFIC FACTS, ONE COMMISSIONER SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TWO COMMISSIONER SERVED ON POLICY COMMITTEES IN 2024. COMMISSIONER AND STAFF ATTENDANCE AT 2024 EVENTS, WE HAVE FIVE ADMINISTRATIVE DAYS, FIVE IN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE, FOUR REPRESENTATIVES REQUEST AFFILIATES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT IS THE ASSOCIATION OF

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REALLY, THEY AFFECT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONES COMES OUT AND SAYS HE WANTS TO ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD, NONE OF US REALLY LIKE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES FUND THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FUNDED. SO THEY FUNDER SCHOOLS, THEY FUND PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEY FUND OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM OTHER PLACES, NOT NECESSARILY PROPERTY TAXES. THAT IS ONLY ONE THING GOING ON BUT ONE THING BEING VOTED ON TOMORROW AND THURSDAY THAT I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN MY DISTRICT, ALL OF US WHO ENJOY OUR AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES, THERE IS A MOVEMENT IN TALLAHASSEE TO TAKE ALL AGRICULTURALLY OWNED PROPERTIES AND BASICALLY ND -- ANY ZONING DOESN'T APPLY. THERE IS NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT INPUT AND THEY COULD PUT ANY KIND OF HOUSING ON IT, THEY COULD PUT APARTMENTS.

THERE IS NO INPUT FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE. THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE THIS IS THE PLACE YOU GET TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THAT. WE ARE GOING UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

THEY BRING OUT OTHER LEGISLATORS TO TALK ABOUT US ABOUT THE SPECIFIC THINGS TO ASK THEM, PLEASE DON'T SUPPORT THESE ITEMS WERE PUSHED THROUGH CERTAIN ONCE WE ARE SUPPORTING.

WE DO HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT , THE LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFF, BUT IT IS NOT A PARTY FOR CLAY COUNTY PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE. IT IS WORK. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT IS PUT INTO THE PLANNING AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO TOMORROW AND THURSDAY MORNING. WE WILL BE BACK AT WORK THURSDAY NIGHT. I HAVE A MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.