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[1. Welcome Agenda]
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COUNTY. I -- FOR STAFF AND ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO -- THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTORY KIND OF AN EVENING, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO COVER, BUT -- AND OUR MICS JUST KICKED IN LOUDLY.
AND LET ME JUST START WITH THAT. A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING.
THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUSH DOWN. IT'S VERY SENSITIVE.
IF IT'S RED AND GREEN WHEN IT'S ON. OUR MEETINGS ARE RECORDED SO THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. THEY'RE LIVE STREAMED WHICH MEANS IT'S AT THE SAME TIME IT'S HAPPENING. THEY'LL ALSO BE ARCHIVED FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND WATCH AFTER THE FACT, IF THEY'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BE HERE AND COULDN'T WATCH AT ALL, THEY CAN ALWAYS LOG IN TO THE WEBSITE AND WATCH KIND OF ON DEMAND. OUR MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE RECORDED BY THE CLERK OF COURTS, BLANCHETTE.
SO SHE'LL BE DOING MINUTES. SO NOBODY HAS TO WORRY ABOUT DOING THAT YOURSELVES. AND I WANTED TO REALLY JUST KIND OF START WITH, A, THANK YOU, AND, B, KIND OF WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE AND HAVE EVERYBODY JUST SORT OF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND SHARE WHATEVER YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT TO THIS COMMITTEE AND WHY YOU WANTED TO SERVE, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME FOR STAFF AND KIND OF GET YOU ORIENTED TO WHO ALL THE STAFF IS THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU. SO, MR. FARLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF? I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A MIC. YOU CAN LEAN OVER AND BORROW HIS.
>> I'M JOSH FARLEY, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CLAY COUNTY, RANCHER IS MY OCCUPATION.
THAT'S ALL I'VE EVEREVER DONE, AND A LANDOWNER AS WELL, AND INTERESTED IN THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF LAND IN CLAY COUNTY AND TRYING TO KEEP SOME OF CLAY COUNTY THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
>> I'M COOPER MURPHY. I WORK FOR THE RYNEHOLT MANAGER AND HAD 28,000 ACRES AT ONE TIME. WE DO A LOT OF OTHER FORESTRY AND LAND MANAGEMENT WORK ALL THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 22 YEARS.
>> RANDOLPH PADGETT. I'M, LIKE JOSH, A LIFELONG RESIDENT, BUT A LOT LONGER THAN HIM.
WHY I WANT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, THE LAND IN THIS COUNTY IS IMPORTANT TO ME, AND PROTECTING SOME OF IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
I, AS FAR AS A CAREER OR ANYTHING, I'VE WORKED FOR TIMBER COMPANIES MY WHOLE LIFE, EVEN BEFORE I WORKED FOR TIMBER COMPANIES MY FAMILY WAS IN THE TIMBER BUSINESS HERE IN THE COUNTY, AND I AM A LANDOWNER AND JUST GLAD TO BE HERE. OKAY.
>> MY NAME IS MATT CORBY. I MOVED TO CLAY COUNTY IN 2003, NOT LIFETIME BUT OVER 20 YEARS.
I LOVE IT HERE. I WANTED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I, LIKE THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE, I LOVE THE WOODS AND IN CLAY COUNTY, NORTH FLORIDA, HAS THE PRETTIEST WOODS WHEN THEY'RE MANAGED WELL AND PROTECTED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CLAY COUNTY KEEP THE GREEN. THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT.
I AM A FORESTRY MANAGER. GOOD TO MEET EVERYBODY.
>> HI, EVERYONE. I'M HEATHER NAGY.
I WORK FOR A LAND TRUST AND HELP WORK WITH PARTNERS AND DO A LOT OF OUR GIS AND FIGURING OUT AREAS WE SHOULD ACQUIRE, AND SO I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT CONSERVING AS MUCH OF NATURAL FLORIDA AS WE CAN, AND I ALSO KIND OF HELP WORK WITH DODIE AND OTHER STAFF TO GET THIS PROGRAM STARTED, SO I'M EXCITED TO NOW BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
>> HI, EVERYONE. I'M REBECCA PERRY AND I'M CURRENTLY THE ASSOCIATE STATE DIRECTOR FOR THE CONSERVATION FUND, AND SO WE ACQUIRE LAND ACROSS THE STATE FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES.
BUT FOR OVER 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS, SO WHEN I SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE AND
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DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR MY OWN COUNTY, I WANTED TO JUMP AT THE CHANCE, SO I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND CITIES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, SO I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE I THINK I CAN BRING TO THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S THE PRIMARY REASON.>> HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS APRIL THOMAS.
I CURRENTLY WORK FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST. I REVIEW ANY TYPE OF NATURAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL IMPACTS AS WELL AS HELP WITH SOME CONSERVATION INITIATIVES WE'RE WORKING ON DOWN TO SPECIES LIKE BUTTERFLY HABITAT AND THE WILD FLYER PROGRAM, OR RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WILDLIFEWILDLIFE CROSSINGS. BUT BEFORE THAT I WORKED FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MY BACKGROUND IS MORE IN COASTAL OR AQUATIC RESOURCES. I'M ALSO A PART- TIME STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW GETTING MY MASTERS IN FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES. I'VE DONE KIND OF FRUSTRATION WORK WITH LIVING SHORELINES, UTILIZING OYSTERS.
AND I'VE LIVED IN CLAY COUNTY MY WHOLE LIFE AS WELL FROM MIDDLEBURG.
JUST MAYBE NOT AS LONG AS SOME OF THE OTHERS.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MARK FEAGLE. I'M A LOCAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
I'VE BEEN IN CLAY COUNTY SINCE 2011. BORN AND RAISED IN FLORIDA.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN FLORIDA SINCE THE 1800S.
ORIGINALLY FROM GAINESVILLE, SO THE TREE CITY, LAND CONSERVATION IS KIND OF WHAT FLORIDA IS ABOUT. IF WE DON'T HAVE EQUALITY OF LAND, WHAT DO WE HAVE? I VOLUNTEER FOR THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION.
I'VE BEEN OUR LOCAL CHAPTER PRESIDENT FOR SEVEN YEARS.
OUR MAIN FOCUS IS MOSTLY COASTAL RESTORATION, ARTIFICIAL REEFS, FISHERY STOCKING. I THINK WITH ALL OF MY COMBINED BACKGROUND IN CONSERVATION AND IN OTHER PROFESSIONS, I THINK I FIT WELL IN THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTIE HINGST, AND FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS I'VE BEEN THE CEO OF THE HINGST HOUSEHOLD.
I AM SO EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 20 YEARS IN CLAY COUNTY.
BEFORE I GOT MARRIED, I GOT MY MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN D.C. AND I WORKED BRIEFLY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND PHYSICAL PLANNER IN THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA IN VIRGINIA. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ON THIS BOARD, AND I'M EXCITED TO LEARN AND SERVE AND GROW. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> INA SACHS. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 40 YEARS NOW. I'M JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I'M AN EDUCATOR. I TEACH SCIENCE AT ST. JOHN'S COUNTRY DAYSCHOOL AND I TEACH CONSERVATION.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND LEARN.
AND WHEN I SAW THIS COMMITTEE BEING FORMED, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT WAY FOR ME TO BE INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY AND TO ASSIST THE COUNTY IN THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN CONSERVATION.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE HAVE FEEDBACK SO BADLY IN MY MIC. I'M GOING TO SIT BACK FURTHER. I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ME FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER STAFF THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
SO I AM A CERTIFIED PLANNER FROM -- I BELONG TO THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, ND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CREDENTIALED CERTIFICATION PROCESS, SO I'VE BEEN IN PLANNING FOR A WHILE NOW. I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT I HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND. THE CLOSEST I GET IS THE SUMMER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE NATIONAL STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION AND SPENT A SUMMER IN THE SMOKEYS DOING A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT YOU WILL SEE EITHER EVERY MEETING OR PERIODICALLY.
WE'LL KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS OVER TIME.
I'M GOING TO BE THE MAIN FACE AT FIRST AT LEAST.
WE MAY HIRE DOWN THE ROAD SOMEONE IN WITH MORE ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND THAN I HAVE, BUT FOR STARTERS, WE'LL BEGIN HERE. GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO SAMANTHA, IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF BRIEFLY.
>> I'M A PLANNER I -- AND THEN CALL IN FOR ASKING TO CLEAR
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LOTS WHEN THEY HAVE WETLANDS ON IT.>> VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR ANDAND PARK --
>> I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT CAN YOU -- RECORDING IS NOT PICKING YOU UP AT ALL.
>> OKAY. JUST SPEAK LOUD, YEAH, OR -- SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MIC. YEAH, COME ON OVER.
>> I'M LIZA MCCAIN. I'M A PARK RANGER HERE IN GREENCOAST SPRINGS AND OVERSEE FLEMING ISLAND, PARKS ACQUIRED THROUGH THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM AND PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE THAT, I WAS WITH FLORIDA STATE PARKS. I ALSO DID SOME STUFF IN ECO- TOURISM AND HAVE A CERTIFICATION IN LAND MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE NATURAL AREAS ACADEMY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. I'M NOT FROM CLAY COUNTY BUT I AM FROM DUVALL JUST ACROSS THE RIVER IN MANDARIN.
I LOVE IT HERE AND I LOVE BEING A PART OF THE PARKS SYSTEM AND BEING OUT IN NATURE AND I'M GLAD I GET TO BE INVOLVED WITH YOU ALL.
>> HI, I'M CALEB RISINGER. I'M THE REAL ESTATE AND LAND CONSERVATION MANAGER, SO PRETTY MUCH TAKE CARE OF ALL THE REAL ESTATE NEEDS FOR THE COUNTY.
AND PRIOR TO REAL ESTATE, I WAS A NAVAL OFFICER, SO I'M A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER.
I DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN ENVIRONMENTAL OR SCIENCE OR FORESTRY BUT I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE OUTDOORS AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CALEB. WE THREE ARE YOUR PRINCIPAL STAFF -- FOUR, SORRY -- CAN'T COUNT. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. AND WE'LL BE HELPING YOU THROUGH THE VARIOUS ACQUISITION PROCESS, WELL, SITE SELECTION PRIMARILY, AND CALEB WILL BE HEAVY ON OUR ACQUISITION PHASE, AND THEN THERE'S STEWARDSHIP AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS.
BUT HELPING US WE HAVE C. HARISE STEWART, THE DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THEN TWO FOLKS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND HER SO WE HAVE JAMIE -- WELL, SORRY -- JAMIE'S ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, JAMIE HOVDA AND COURTNEY GRIMM, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ONE AT LEAST WILL PROBABLY BE BE FOR MANY OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND WE'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED CHRISTINE.
LET ME SEE WHAT I HAVE NEXT. NORMALLY YOUR MEETINGS WOULD BEGIN WITH A CHAIR THAT WOULD CALL YOUR MEETING TO ORDER, YOU'D HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YOU'D APPROVE MINUTES. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THAT SORT OF WORKS. I TRIED TO GIVE YOU YOUR AGENDA IN KIND OF THE FORMAT YOU WOULD SEE IT.
IT'LL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AS WE GET INTO ACTUALLY HAVING PROPERTIES TO MAKE DECISIONS DECISIONS ABOUT, BUT BASICALLY YOU'LL FOLLOW THE SAME SORT OF FORMAT. YOU WOULD GET TO THE ACTION ITEMS SECTION AND THERE WOULD BE ITEMS FOR YOU TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT.
FOR NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS TO GO OVER. SO YOUR MEETINGS -- YOU ALREADY KNOW YOUR TIME AND THAT'S KIND OF SET. AS I SAID, THEY'LL BE RECORDED.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A MEETING, PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I'LL GET YOU SAMANTHA'S BACKUP AS WELL IN CASE ONE OF US IS UNAVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE.
THE MAIN THING, OF COURSE, IS QUORUMS. WITH 11 MEMBERS, PROBABLY THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM, BUT IF YOU -- FOR THE EDIFICATION OF WHOEVER BECOMES THE CHAIR, IF YOU COME IN, YOUR FIRST TASK IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A
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QUORUM, AND THAT IS ONE MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP, SO IF YOU FIND YOU DON'T, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A MEETING. SO EVERYBODY GOES HOME.YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADDRESS WHATEVER WAS ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT JUST TO AVOID CONFUSION.
IF YOU -- SO THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY LOOK AT, LIKE I SAID, WOULD BE MEETING MINUTES.
IF YOU READ THROUGH THE MINUTES AND YOU SEE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED, THEN THE CHAIR WILL ASK IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, AND THAT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY THEN TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MY NAME WAS SPELLED WRONG OR I SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S IN THE MINUTES. AND AT THAT POINT THEN THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION OR MAYBE IT'S JUST SIMPLY YOUR STATEMENT AND THEN SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. EITHER THERE WAS NO CHANGES AND SO YOU JUST APPROVE THEM, THE MINUTES, AND THA'S AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO SAY IF YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION. EVERY MOTION NEEDS A SECOND.
SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SAY, I SECOND THE MOTION, OR WHATEVER IT IS. IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE MINUTES, THEN YOUR MOTION WOULD BE, I APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTION MADE BY WHOEVER.
AND THEN THE CHAIR WOULD THEN CALL THE VOTE BASED ON THAT MOTION. YOUR ACTION ITEMS, YOUR MOTION IS REALLY ONLY GOING TO APPROVE THE -- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ITEMS -- THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE. I HAVE TO STOP AND THINK FOR A SECOND. YOU'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING PROPERTY TO MOVE TO DIFFERENT POOLS, AS THEY'RE CALLED. SO YOUR MOTION IS GOING TO BE TO APPROVE OR TO DENY MOVING THIS PARCEL FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTION BASICALLY.
MY LITTLE LIST HERE. YOUR COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR. THE PRIMARY DUTY OF THE CHAIR IS GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY TO RUN THE MEETING TO KEEP INFORMATION FLOWING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO BE HEARD, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THE PACE OF THE MEETING, NOT LET IT GET SIDE TRACKED, THAT KIND OF THING, AND THEN THEIR OTHER BIG RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ATTEND BOARD MEETING WHEREVER ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE GOING FORWARD FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION.
AND THE VICE CHAIR REALLY ISIS IN THE SENSE OF FILLING IN WHEN THE CHAIR CAN'T FULFILL THEIR DUTIES.
YOU WILL ELECT THEM NORMALLY THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
IN THIS CASE THAT WILL BE TONIGHT, AND THEN YOU'LL DO THIS AGAIN IN, LIKE, FEBRUARY -- JANUARY, FEBRUARY. PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN LET ME PAUSE THERE AND ASK, BASED ON THAT SORT OF THING, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM?
>> SO ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWED AT THESE MEETINGS?
WHAT WE'LL HAVE IS THOSE ACTION ITEMS -- IT WILL RUN KIND OF LIKE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED THOSE, AND THE BOARD, TOO.
THEY ALL HAVE A SIMILAR PROCESS, SO WHEN STAFF PRESENTS PARCEL, YOU KNOW, 17 FOR POTENTIAL MOVEMENT FROM THE NOMINATED POOL TO THE ELIGIBLE POOL OR WHATEVER, TO THE PRIORITY POOL, IN OTHER WORDS MOVING IT ALONG, STAFF WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND IN KIND OF -- THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A PRESENTATION KIND OF FORMAT.
AND THEN YOU'LL WIND UP -- THERE ISN'T AN APPLICANT REALLY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM MOST OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR.
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THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FIRST FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN FOR THE SPECIFIC TO THAT ITEM, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND THEN THE CHAIR WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC PART, BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, AND YOU ALL WOULD TALK ABOUT WHETHER YOU FEEL THIS NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT, THE PROS AND THE CONS, A MOTION, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE IT FORWARD OR NOT MOVE IT FORWARD.AND THEN ONCE THE VOTE'S BEEN TAKEN, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE AND REPEAT THAT PROCESS FOR EACH PROCESS, FOR EACH PARCEL. AND JUST KIND OF FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AT THE END OF THE AGENDA WE USUALLY HAVE ON ALL OUR COMMITTEES A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IF THE PUBLIC FEELS THERE'S SOMETHING NOT RELATED TO ANY OF THE PARCELS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT THAT YOU AS A COMMITTEE FELT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW OR HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON THEN THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE PERIOD AT THE END RIGHT BEFORE WE ADJOURN FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THUS FAR? NO? OKAY.
SO PROCEDURALLY YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SUNSHINE LAW, AS IT'S CALLED.
AND I AM GOING TO TRY TO BRING THIS UP ONLINE.
WE'LL SEE IF IT WORKS ON THE SCREENS OR NOT.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING LITTLE TECHNICAL ISSUES, BUT I DID EMAIL YOU THE PRESENTATION, SO YOU HAVE IT ALREADY.
I'M JUST GOING TO FILL IN WHAT ISN'T ON THE SLIDES.
SO THE SUNSHINE LAW, IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.
SO WE'VE GOT IT UP ON SCREEN. IT IS A STATE LAW, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNICATION. AND IT APPLIES TO ALL OF -- FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEMBERS DOWN TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEES AND STAFF.
SO THERE ARE THREE BASIC PORTIONS, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LAW. IT SAYS THAT ALL MEETINGS MUST BE MADE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THAT THE PUBLIC MUST BE PROVIDED A REASONABLE NOTICE OF THOSE MEETINGS AND THAT MINUTES HAVE TO BE TAKEN AND MADE AVAILABLE.
BASICALLY IT COVERS ALL FORMS OF MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, WHAT HAVE YOU. IF THERE'S MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER, TWO OR MORE, THEN IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEED TO ALWAYS KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND. ONCE YOU'RE ON A COMMITTEE, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME BEFORE YOU FOR A VOTE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED ONLY DURING A PUBLIC MEETING. SO THAT MEANS NO COMMUNICATION OUTSIDE THE MEETING, AND THAT'S EASY FOR SOME PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW. I UNDERSTAND.
BUT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE COMING TO YOU TO BE DECIDED ON SHOULD ONLY BE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A MEETING.
IT APPLIES TO ABSOLUTELYABSOLUTE LY FORM OF COMMUNICATION, PHONE CALLS, SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAILS, THE WATER COOLER, ANY KIND OF IS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA BEING WHAT IT IS TO TRY TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND AND TAKE A STEP BACK BEFORE YOU TYPE ANYTHING. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO EVERY LAW. WE'LL GO INTO THAT BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE LAST PIECE OF THAT.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER PIECES PIECES SOMEWHAT SORT OF RELATED LAW. ONE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL ACQUISITION AND YOU
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HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, A FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PROPERTY, THEN YOU NEED TO DECLARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- HELLO.BUT IF YOU JUST SIMPLY KNOW THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THAT'S NOT A VESTED INTEREST BECAUSE YOU DON'T GAIN FINANCIALLY SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE LAW MAKES THE DECIDING FACTORS. ARE YOU PROFITING BASED ON THIS DECISION? YOU WOULD NEED TO DECLARE TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN RECUSE YOURSELF FROM VOTING ON THAT ITEM.
THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED EX-PAR TE COMMUNICATION. IF A PROPERTY OWN ER WHO HAS SUBMITTED A PROPERTY KNOWS YOU OR FINDS OUT YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE, OR IF THEY DON'T KNOW YOU AND WANTS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AND KIND OF CAMPAIGN FOR WHY THE COUNTY SHOULD PURCHASE THEIR PROPERTY, IT MIGHT HAPPEN.
REALLY THEY SHOULD COME TO THE MEETINGS AND IF SOMEBODY APPROACHES WITH YOU THAT SORT OF THING, YOU CAN SAY, LOOK, I REALLY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT PLEASE COME TO THE MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, TELL EVERYBODY WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE. BUT IF YOU DO WIND UP HAVING A CONVERSATION LIKE THAT, WHEN THE ITEM COMES FORWARD ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS TO THEN SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PORTION OF THE MEETING, SAY I JUST NEED TOLET EVERYBODY KNOW I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM, YOU KNOW, SO AND SO, OR I HAD A MEETING IN THE GROCERY STORE OR WHATEVER IT WAS WITH THIS PERSON, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHOEVER IT WAS, AND THIS IS HOW THE CONVERSATION WENT, JUST SO YOU GET IT ON THE RECORD AT THE MEETING.
AND THAT'S REALLY AS FAR AS WE NEED TO GO WITH THAT.
I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTOOD HOW THE LAWS AFFECT US ALL. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MAIN ROLES, DUTIES. ONE IS RECOMMENDING PROPERTIES FOR ACQUISITION, AND THERE'S TWO STAGES IN THAT. WHEN PROPERTY IS NOMINATED AND IT'S A PUBLIC PROCESS. WE'LL PROBABLY DO THAT TWICE A YEAR FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THIS FALL PROBABLY FROM, I'M GUESSING, OCTOBER TO THE END OF DECEMBER WILL BE AN OPEN NOMINATION PERIOD KIND OF LIKE WE DID FOR ALL OF YOU AS POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBERS. THAT WAS AN APPLICATION PERIOD.
IT WILL BE THE SAME SORT OF THING BUT FOR THE PROPERTY. AND THEN IN THE SPRING, IN JANUARY ONCE THE WINDOW KIND OF CLOSES, THEN STAFF WILL TAKE ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND DO THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, LOOK AT IT, DOES IT MEET THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM? AND THEN WE'LL BRING THEM TO YOU, AND YOU'LL DECIDE DOES IT GO TO THE ELIGIBILITY POOL, AND THEN THOSE THAT DO, STAFF WILL ADDITIONAL WORK ON ANDAND THEM BACK TO YOU AND YOU'LL DECIDE, DO THEY THEN GO ON TO THE PRIORITY POOL, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY ULTIMATELY GO TO THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ACTUALLY ACQUIRING SAID PROPERTY.
THEN THERE'S AN INTERMEDIARY STEP HERE AND THAT'S THE ACTUAL ACQUISITION -- THE BOARD THEN ACTS. THE BOARD DECIDES, YES, THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO -- WE WANT TO ACQUIRE IT. THAT WILL COME TO STAFF AND STAFF WILL DO ACQUISITION NEGOTIATIONS AND ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND THAT KIND OF THING. ONCE THE PROPERTY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ACQUIRED, THEN THE COUNTY HAS ONE YEAR TO ADOPT A LAND MANAGEMENT STEWARDSHIP PLAN FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE TIMING ON THOSE, HOW SOON WE WILL START THAT, BUT -- AND I SUSPECT WE'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS THROUGH THAT PHASE, BUT THOSE STEWARDSHIP PLANS ONCE THEY ARE DRAFTED WILL COME TO YOU AND YOU WILL LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, YES, THIS S GOING TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE REASONS THAT WE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY IN THE FIRST PLACE OR, NO, IT DOESN'T.
WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. WHATEVER.
AND THEN, AGAIN, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, LIKE WITH THE SITE SELECTION FOR ACQUISITION, YOUR ACQUISITIONS FOR THAT WILL GO TO THE BOARD.
SO YOU'LL VOTE YES OR NO OR YES BUT WITH SOME CHANGES AND
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YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE TAKEN TO THE BOARD AND THEY WILL MAKE, AGAIN, THE FINAL DECISIONS ON WHICH STEWARDSHIP PLANS THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH.AND IN ADDITION TO STEWARDSHIP PLANS -- OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THESE YET -- BUT THERE IS THE OPTION IN THE CODE TO DO A STEWARDSHIP LAND MANAGEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER AGENCY OF SOME KIND, SO THOSE MAY COME UP.
AND A FINAL PIECE IS FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY BASED ON THE TENETS OF THAT EASEMENTEASEMENT EACH ONE IS UNIQUE.
AND WHILE THEY HAVE THE OWNERSHIP STILL OF THE PROPERTY, THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THAT LAND MANAGEMENT WORK, AND THEN THE COUNTY STAFF WILL HAVE THAT ONCE A YEAR AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT, INDEED, ALL OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT PIECES FOR THAT PROPERTY ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING EACH YEAR.
WE AS STAFF WILL COME TO YOU PROBABLY ON A YEARLY BASIS AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HERE'S ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED AND CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND HERE WAS THE RESULT OF ALLALL THE -- I WON'T CALL THEM AUDITS NECESSARILY BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST WORD THAT CAME TO MIND. I DIDN'T HAVE A BETTER ONE HANDY, BUT THOSE REVIEWS SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW HOW'S IT GOING, IS IT CONTINUING TO BE MAINTAINED. AND THAT REALLY IS LIKE THE BIG PICTURE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT YOUR DUTIES ARE ON THE STEPS THAT WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH. YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO KIND OF LIKE, THE NEXT STEPS, PARTS OF THIS, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST NOMINATION PERIOD UNTIL THE FALL, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DO. THE FIRST IS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I SENT THESE TO YOU. I CANNOT REMEMBER.
I'M GOING TO PASS THESE AROUND. THERE'S TWO HANDOUTS IN HERE. ONE IS A TABLE AND IT'S DECISION MAKING CRITERIA YOU'RE GOING TO USE FOR EACH PROPERTY AND THE OTHER IS A LIST -- BASICALLY THE SAME HEADINGS -- BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE SOURCING OF WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO COME FROM. AND STAFF IS GOING TO DO MUCH OF THAT LEG WORK TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO ALSO FILL IN THE BLANKS AND ASSESS THE PROPERTY BASED ON THESE CATEGORIES.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS IS GO OVER THIS MORE IN- DEPTH, AND I'M GOING TO RELY ON MISS HEATHER BECAUSE SHE DID HAVE A HAND IN DRAFTING THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT CRITERIA -- THIS COMES, BY THE WAY, STRAIGHT FROM THE BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS THAT NORTH LAND TRUST DID FOR US, CREATED BASICALLY THIS PROGRAM, BUT THAT CRITERIA WE NEED YOU ALL TO LOOK OVER AND, ONE, UNDERSTAND, AND SEE HOW YOU FEEL THAT THOSE FIT IN AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT CRITERIA IS THE CRITERIA WE NEED TO BE USING. AND WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH THAT DECISION. WE'VE GOT SOME MONTHS TO MAKE THOSE CALLS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA ONCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IT BECAUSE ALL PROPERTY SHOULD BE EVALUATED BASED ON THE SAME CRITERIA EVERY SINGLE TIME.
KIND OF A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF DUE PROCESS.
AND MAYBE IT ISN'T NOT BEING TRULY VERSED IN CONSERVATION ÚMYSELF, I CAN'T AO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RELYING ON ALL OF YOU TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED TO USE.
THE DATA, A LOT OF THOSE DATA ARE THINGS THAT STAFF CAN GO
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AND ACCESS ITS OWN PUBLIC REALM INFORMATION, BUT SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES ARE BASED ON A SITE VISIT.SO IN THOSE CASES WE MAY BE RELYING FOR A CONSULTANT TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
WE'LL SEE. I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS YET BUT I WILL LOOK THROUGH THEM AGAIN BEFORE÷÷BEFORE NEXT MEETING AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THE COUNTY IS, JUST FYI, THE COUNTY DOES BUY PROPERTY AND HAS QUITE A BIT OF LAND THAT IS ALREADY CONSIDERED CONSERVATION.
AND THAT PROPERTY, OF COURSE, ALSO NEEDS MANAGEMENT. THESE TWO PROGRAMS, THE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE A PART OF, WILL WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY'S CONSERVATION LANDS. NOW THEY'RE BOTH THE COUNTY'S CONSERVATION LAND, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THAT REFERENDUM THAT WAS PASSED WHERE THE VOTERS SAID, YES, WE VALUE CONSERVATION ACQUISITION.
THIS PROGRAM'S PARCELS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TIED TO THIS BOND, THIS PUBLIC OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND THE VALUE YOU DO OF EACH OF THOSE PARCELS, IT'S PARALLEL WITH BUT NOT THE SAME AS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE NEEDS ARE VERY SIMILAR OR THE SAME FOR SOME THINGS LIKE HAVING A CONSULTANT THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, DO SOME OF THE ANALYSIS OF SOME SITES OR CREATES STEWARDSHIP PLANS OR DO THE BURNS AND COORDINATE ALL OF THAT LAND MANAGEMENT ACTUAL ACTIVITIES AND STUFF.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME OVERLAP IN SOME SENSE, AND SO, BECAUSE OF THAT, THE COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS CURRENTLY THIS WEEK, IN FACT, OF BEGINNING LOOKING AT SOME CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE APPLIED TO A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL THAT WE PUT OUT AS A COUNTY. SO AS I KNOW MORE I WILL FILL YOU IN AND GIVE YOU SOME ADDED INFORMATION.
THERE'S THAT. THAT PROCESS OF DISCUSSING THESE CRITERIA THAT WE'LL BE USING, AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS HOW WE ACCESS AND UTILIZE THE CONSERVATION LAND, BECAUSE THE CONSERVATION LAND WILL BE PURCHASED FOR CONSERVATION, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO, AND SO WE'LL GET INTO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE NEED TO DEFINE THAT AND KIND OF ESTABLISH ARE WE GOING TO HAVE RECREATION -- PASSIVE RECREATION ON EVERY PROPERTY, OR ARE THERE TIMES THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE? AND IF WE ARE, THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WHAT DOES THAT DEFINE? I'M GOING TO BRING YOU SOMETHING TOGETHER IN A COUPLE MONTHS OR SO.
TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAM LANDS ARE ACTUALLY ACCESSED. YES, CERTAINLY, BY ALL MEANS.
>> IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE REVENUE ON YOUR PROPERTIES, DOES THAT GO BACK INTO LAND MANAGEMENT OR LAND PURCHASING, OR DOES IT DISAPPEAR INTO THE GREATER COUNTY REVENUE?
>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION TO WHICH I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
>> THAT WOULD HELP WEIGH SOME CHOICES,
>> IF YOU HAVE TIMBER TO BUY MORE LAND.
SECOND QUESTION, IF I HAVE TIME. AND THIS COULD BE A DUMB QUESTION, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR THE INITIAL SCORING BUT DEFINITELY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRIORITIES, ECOLOGICAL QUALITY IS A HUGE FACTOR.
ARE ALL THESE DECISIONS MADE IN THIS ROOM IN A VACUUM OR IS THERE A VISIT TO THE PROPERTY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS?
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER VISIT A PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY WALK
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IT BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TRESPASSING.>> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A MECHANISM FOR THAT EXACTLY.
>> IT MAY NOT BE HORRIBLY RELEVANT UNTIL WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THE PARCELS. THERE'S THE CHARACTER --
>> WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE HOMEWORK TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT, YES, I CAN SEE THAT AS BEING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE NEEDFUL. YES, MA'AM?
>> I HAVE TO AGREE. IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A PROPERTY PRESENTED TO US IN A MEETING FOR A VOTE AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE WANT TO SEE THE PROPERTY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE.
>> YOU CAN GLEAN A LOT FROM THE INTERNET.
GOOGLE CAN TELL YOU QUITE A LOT, BUT IT CAN'T TELL YOU EVERYTHING, AND, YES, I UNDERSTAND. MAYBE -- AND I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR EVERY PROPERTY THAT IS NOMINATED TO THE PROGRAM, BUT AS THEY RISE UP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE STEP BEFORE THE LAST ONE BEFORE YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOMINATING IT TO THE PRIORITY POOL THAT GOES ACTUALLY TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR DECISION, THEN MAYBE WE WORK OUT SOMETHING, BUT GOOD POINT.
I'LL MAKE MYSELF A COUPLE OF NOTES.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT -- YEAH?
>> SO IN THAT DOCUMENTATION YOU SENT US, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RUBRIC AND THIS IS THE CRITERIA HERE. SO IS THIS WHAT THE RUBRIC WILL CONSIST OF? WILL WE AS A BOARD BEBE -- PUTTING NUMBERS TO THE RUBRIC OR IS THAT SOMETHING THE STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING?
>> BOTH. THE STAFF DOES LIKE AN INITIAL PROPERTY EVALUATION REPORT AND PROVIDES YOU WITH SOME OF THAT LIKE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATA THAT'S LISTED IN THE HANDOUT I GAVE YOU BASICALLY.
BUT YOU NEED TO FILL IN THAT ACTUAL SCORE SHEET AND RANK AND COME UP WITH THAT PART, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO GIVE IT TO YOU NOW SO YOU COULD START THINKING ABOUT THAT, HOW IT WORKS, WHAT DO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES MEAN, AND, YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT THERE WILL BE PROBABLY A COUPLE ITERATIONS OF THAT REPORT, THAT YOU'LL GET THE FIRST VERSION WHEN IT COMES TO YOU THE FIRST TIME, SO TO SPEAK. LET ME GET MINE.
YEAH, THE ELIGIBILITY POOL. SO WHEN YOU'RE MAKING -- IT'S BEEN NOMINATED. YOU'LL GET AN INITIAL PROPERTY EVALUATION REPORT FROM STAFF.
YOU'LL MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT MOVING IT ON TO THE ELIGIBILITY POOL. WE WILL PROBABLY AT THAT POINT THEN HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS BEYOND STAFF'S BACKGROUND BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO YOU O MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR THE PRIORITY POOL.
AND THE PRIORITY POOL, THE ONES THE ONES YOU SELECT ARE THE ONES THAT THEN GO TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR DECISION.
>> IN THE CASE OF THE PURCHASE OF A LAND, OUTRIGHT PURCHASE OF IT, WHICH AGENCY IS IN CONTROL OF MANAGING THE LAND?
>> YEAH, YEAH. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAKE THE DECISION.
ENVIRONMENTAL? >> IT DEPEND ON HOW THE LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN GETS WRITTEN, I GUESS. YEAH?
>> THERE'S A TIME PERIOD WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE THAT OWN LAND IN CLAY COUNTY TO KIND OF OFFER THEIR PROPERTY FOR SALE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IF WE COME ACROSS SOMEONE THAT WE MEET OR KNOW, CAN WE RECOMMEND THEM TO SUBMIT THEIR PROPERTY FOR IT?
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFLICT IN THAT.
>> IT'S IN THE DETAILS, I GUESS.
>> JUST SAY, HEY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT AND PUT IT IN CONSERVATION, HERE IS THE WAY TO DO THIS.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
THE APPLICANT DOES NOT NEED TO BE THE PROPERTY OWNER. NONE OF YOU CAN BE AN APPLICANT.
THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
HOWEVER, IF YOU KNOW AN OWNER OR YOU JUST HAPPEN TO KNOW A PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU CAN'T, BUT THE PUBLIC CAN RECOMMED A PROPERTY THAT THEY DON'T OWN.
>> A MEMBER OF THE BOARD CANNOT RECOMMEND -- IF THE GUY IN THE BLACK SHIRT, WE KNOW HE HAS LAND, WE CAN'T JUST SAY -- WE CAN'T APPROACH HIM? YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
>> THE SUNSHINE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO SAY IT HERE.
>> IT'S A PUBLIC PROGRAM. YOU CAN -- I GUESS IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, YES, YOU PROBABLY CAN TELL THEM THERE'S A PROGRAM OUT THERE, BUT YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO DISCLOSE THAT.
IF YOU ARE TALKING TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND RECOMMENDING THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, THEN YOU NEED TO DISCLOSE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE WHEN THAT ITEM -- IF THEY APPLY AND IT COMES UP. YES, MA'AM? YEAH?
>> THEY'RE VERY TOUCHY. VERY SENSITIVE.
>> I DON'T EVEN REALLY NEED IT FOR ME.
A COUPLE COMMENTS. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION, JOSH, WE CAN GET MORE ANSWERS TO ABOUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE IDEAS, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL GET MORE ANSWERS FOR THAT.
I THINK YOUR OTHER QUESTION, WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALLUDING TO ABOUT LIKE AGRICULTURE USE, AND DODIE WILL PROBABLY GET INTO THIS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, PROBABLY NOT TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK TONIGHT IS ALL ABOUT PROCEDURE
>> BUT THERE'S ALL TYPESTYPES DEALS, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THAT WE CAN MAKE, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM -- AND DODIE MIGHT TELL ME I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN -- BUT ONE OF THEM, IT COULD BE AN OFFER THAT WE JUST BOUGHT THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY, AND SOME OF YOU AGRICULTURE GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS A PROGRAM THAT DOES THAT OR YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FARM OR THE
>> IF THERE'S PEOPLE WE THINK MAY BE INTERESTED, WOULD A MORE PALATABLE WAY TO DO THAT BE COME TO MEETING AND ASK STAFF TO APPROACH THAT INDIVIDUAL INSTEAD OF US AS PEOPLE ON WHATEVER THIS IS REACHING OUT DIRECTLY? IS THAT A BETTER WAY TO GET ENGAGEMENT FROM PEOPLE WE THINK MAY BE INTERESTED?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF THINK HOW WE DO OUTREACH FOR THAT PART OF IT. I WAS ANTICIPATING MAYBE DOING SORT OF -- JUST SORT OF GENERAL PUBLIC, ALMOST LIKE A WORKSHOP INFORMATION, MUCH LIKE
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NORTH LAND TRUST IS DOING ONE TOMORROW FOR FOLKS FOR BASICALLY THE SAME KIND OF THING FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. BUT YOU CAN'T -- THAT'S A FINE LINE. YOU'RE NOT SOLICITING AND SUGGESTING, BUT YET WE NEED TO PROMOTE IT, YOU KNOW.>> SO THE OTHER AVENUE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CROSSES THE LINE EITHER, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PRIVATE LAND AND FORESTERS IN FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE AND YOU COULD GET THEM POTENTIALLY TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM. IS THAT CROSSING A LINE?
>> NO. THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP KIND OF THING. WE WILL PROBABLY BE PUTTING INFORMATION UP ON OUR WEBSITE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES, THAT ALL BUY LAND OUTRIGHT OR BY CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OVER LAND, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH ALL OF THEM.
THE GOAL IS TO GET LAND IN CONSERVATION AND FILL IN THE MISSING PIECES IN THE CORRIDOR, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE COUNTY THAT OWNS THEM, YOU KNOW.
SO OUR PROGRAM OR SOMEONE ELSE'S, AS LONG AS IT'S FURTHERING THAT GOAL. YES, SIR?
>> I HAVE A QUESTIONQUESTION THE SUNSHINE LAW.
DO WE NEED -- OTHER BOARDS I'VE SERVED ON I'VE HAD A SEPARATE EMAIL ACCOUNT SO THAT --
>> -- COMMUNICATIONS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED TO THAT.
>> WE'LL GET WITH IT. THEY NORMALLY SET UP EMAIL ACCOUNTS ADDRESSES.
>> SO WE WILL HAVE AN EMAIL JUST FOR THIS?
>> I BELIEVE SO. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A FINAL ANSWER ON THAT ONE, BUT I DID REACH OUT RECENTLY.
>> I JUST WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE AN EMAIL THAT'S CURRENTLY ON FILE GET --
>> I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND.
>> DODIE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
>> SO YOU SAID ANYONE CAN SUBMIT A PROPERTY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WILLING SELLERS. OR DO THEY?
>> THE SELLER HAS TO BE WILLING. THE PERSON THAT NOMINATES THE PROPERTY DOESN'T HAVE TO OWN IT.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, LET'S SAY I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND I RECOMMENDED TO YOU THAT THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE GREAT.
THEN IT COMES BEFORE YOU FOR REVIEW IF IT MEETS THE BASIC CRITERIA, THEN ONE OF THE STEPS THAT STAFF HAS TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE IT FORWARD IS TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND GET A SIGNED FORM THAT SAYS BASICALLY I AM THE PROPERTY OWNER AND I AM WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAIN THIS.
SO, YEAH, IT HAS TO BE A WILLING SELLER IN THE END BUT NOT AT THE POINT THAT IT'S NOMINATED
WAS THERE -- I'M ASSUMING THERE WAS A SPECIFIC THOUGHT PROCESS AROUND THAT BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER COUNTIES HAVE HAD NO WILLING SELLER REQUIREMENT WHERE ANYONE CAN SUBMIT, AND IT JUST RESULTS IN A REALLY BIG LIST OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURE THEY ARE WILLING SELLERS, SO IT CAN JUST ADD TO A LOT OF WORK LOAD. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT ONE.
>> YEAH, THERE'S PROS AND CONS, BUT IF IT'S ONLY -- I THINK THE IDEA, THE THOUGHT IF IT'S ONLY THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HEARS ABOUT IT, IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN REACH THEM, THEN THAT'S NOT GOOD AND WE CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, CHERRY PICK. IT'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF A PUBLIC NOMINATING PROCESS SOMEHOW.
>> OKAY. SO THE WILLING SELLER LETTER COMES SORT OF AFTER THE INITIAL REVIEW BY THE COMMITTEE?
>> SO WITH A LOT OF LANDLAND DECISIONS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY CLOSING HAPPENS. AND EVEN IF THEY'RE APPROVED AND THE BOARD APPROVES IT, IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE ACQUISITIONS AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATION LIKE EVERY OTHER REAL ESTATE DEAL. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WE WILL COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T FOR WHATEVER REASON.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. QUESTIONS?
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NO? I THINK WE'RE OUT OF QUESTIONS.OKAY. TECHNICALLY YOU NEED AN ELECTION OF A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
THAT'S WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS. THAT PERSON OR PERSONS WILL BE IN THAT ROLE UNTIL, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING A JANUARY MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPEN POOL, AND AT THE END OF DECEMBER AND THEN STAFF IS IT GOING TO NEED A GOOD SIX WEEKS TO GO THROUGH -- I ANTICIPATE WE'RE GETTING A CHUNK OF NOMINATED PROPERTIES ALL AT ONE TIME, SO IT WILL TAKE US A BIT TO WADE THROUGH THAT AND GET YOU ALL REPORTS AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
PROBABLY HAVE A FEBRUARY MEETING BUT NOT A JANUARY ONE, AND PART OF THAT FEBRUARY MEETING WILL BE ELECTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
THAT SAID, WE NOW COME TO THE OF YOU NEED TO -- SOME OF YOU KNOW EACH OTHER AND SOME OF YOU DON'T -- SO I WAS GOING TO SAY SELF- NOMINATE BUT IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW THEM, THAT'S FINE. WE NEED TO HAVE YOU ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
>> I NOMINATE MATT CORBY AS CHAIR.
>> SPOKE TOO MUCH TONIGHT, BUDDY. YOU'RE TOO ARTICULATE.
>> WHERE THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IT WILL PROBABLY BE -- WE'LL WIND UP DOING THIS IN BATCHES PERIODICALLY.
OH, YES, THAT WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LONG MEETING.
THEY ARE NOT NORMALLY THAT LATE. YEAH, I KNOW.
>> OH, ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT HEARING ANY OTHERS.
NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO -- OKAY. WELL, YOU'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. I WILL CALL THE VOTE IN THAT CASE. ALL THOSE IN
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MATT. AND WE NEED A VICE CHAIR.
>> I'M SORRY. I WILL NOMINATE -- FOR VICE CHAIR.
VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER PEOPLE YOU WISH TO SELF-NOMINATE OR NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE? CRICKETS. OKAY.
>> THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
>> YES, ACTUALLY. IT'S NICE WHEN YOU HAVE -- YOU NEED UNANIMOUS -- OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> ALL RIGHTY. WELL THEN, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR SITTING IN THE CHAIR.
>> I WAS GOING TO CATCH YOU AFTER, BUT IN LIGHT OF THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAW, SO I PUT IN MY APPLICATION AND I NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON CONFLICT.
>> I MANAGE THE CAMPCAMP PROGRAM, A BASE BUFFERING PROGRAM TO HELP OTHER ENTITIES PURCHASE LAND AROUND OUR BASE WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO MILITARY TRAINING AND WILL REDUCE
>> SO WE DON'T OWN THE LAND. WE DON'T MAKE PROFIT OFF THE LAND, BUT IT IS STILL SOMETHING I'M TIED TO THROUGH WORK. WOULD ANY PARCELS WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY CONSTITUTE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR ME TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM WOULD BE WHAT I NEED CLARIFICATION ON?
>> RIGHT, OKAY. WE STILL HAVE ONE.
I'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU LATER FOR THAT.
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OKAY.FUNDING. >> OOH! ALL RIGHT. WE LIKE THAT.
>> YES, TAKING NOTES OVER THERE. I THINK THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP SORT OF THE END OF MY NOTE, HOWEVER, SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, I'LL TURN AROUND AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC -- WE HAVE A COUPLE.
A COUPLE FACES. WOULD YOU LIKE -- IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE ABOUT? NO? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
>> IT WILL BE EVERY MONTH ON THE THIRD -- WHAT IS THIS? THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:00.
OKAY. YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE MY EMAIL, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND MOST ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A MEETING, LET ME KNOW. I WILL BE SENDING OUT AN AGENDA TO YOU THE WEEK BEFORE EACH MEETING. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY THIN, ONE PAGE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ATTACHMENTS BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE PROPERTIES FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET A REMINDER BASICALLY FROM ME THE WEEK BEFORE AND STICK IT IN YOUR CALENDAR. WONDERFUL THINGS, DIGITAL CALENDARS. AND I GUESS I REALLY DON'T -- I'M SURPRISED THAT WAS ONLY ONE HOUR.
I THINK WE ARE ADJOURNED IN THAT CASE.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.