Oct 14, 2025 BCC Agenda

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ALL RIGHT. IT IS 402, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. IF YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE AND VACATION WITH COMMISSIONER COMPERE .

>> PLEASE BOW . >> HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR TODAY . THANK YOU LORD FOR WAKING US UP AND FOR EVERY BLESSING THAT WE GET TO ENJOY . LORD, AS WE COME TOGETHER TODAY, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THE HEART , LORD TO HEAR AND THE MIND TO UNDERSTAND AS WE MAKE DECISIONS. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE US THE WISDOM WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS TO GOVERN YOUR PEOPLE . LORD, IF YOU DON'T HELP US, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HELP. SO PLEASE GOD, HAVE YOUR WAY IN THIS PLACE. DO AS YOU WANT. PLEASE KEEP US SAFE. WE THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU LORD IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY.

>> AMEN. >> ALL RIGHT. AND THE VETERAN LED PLEDGE THIS AFTERNOON IS CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NICHOLAS PADILLA JR. PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING HIM. HE WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. BEFORE HE DOES THAT, OFFICER PADILLA JR. SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR 20 YEARS . HE HAD A NEST -- DISTINGUISHED GRID THAT INCLUDED ASSIGNMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS. DURING HIS SERVICE HE HELD TWO KEY POSITIONS INCLUDING A SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF EXECUTIVE PROTECTION OPERATIONS FOR JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF COLIN POWELL AND VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY. FOR OFFICER PADILLA'S EXAM BREAK CAREER, HE WAS GIVEN NUMEROUS HONORS. TODAY HE LIVES IN ORANGE PARK AND CONTINUES HIS SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE PASTOR AT LOVE ALIVE CHURCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY. IFYOU CAN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AND YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS. 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. .

>> THANK YOU BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. OF COURSE, MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH RETIRED ARMY . WE RETIRED FROM WASHINGTON D.C. AFTER SERVING AN ADDITIONAL 20 YEARS OF FEDERAL SERVICE. WE MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO. WE LOVE ORANGE PARK.

I'M CURRENTLY NOW THE EXECUTIVE PASTOR OF THE LEVEL LIFE CHURCH . AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE BOARD . TO THE COMMISSIONERS . OUR CHURCH WAS APPROVED TO DO A PRAYER WALK HERE IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE ALIGNING WITH OTHER CHURCHES TO PRAY FOR OUR COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR LEADERS ON THE 24TH OF JANUARY. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU COME OUT. GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF YOU.

>> I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

[PET ADOPTIONS]

ADOPTIONS. >> THE FIRST CAT TODAY IS KING SIZE SNICKERS BAR. NEUTERED MALE DOMESTIC MEDIUM HERE, FOUR YEARS OLD AND 8 POUNDS. SNICKERS BAR IS THE KING-SIZE CUDDLE CONNOISSEUR WITH A CHILL SO SMOOTH, IT SHOULD BE TRADEMARKED. MEDIUM LENGTH FUR, LAID-BACK ATTITUDE AND THE KIND OF PRESENCE THAT TURNS ANY ROOM INTO A LOUNGE. WE MAY NOT KNOW HIS PAST BUT HIS FUTURE LOOKS DELICIOUS AND COZY. ESPECIALLY

IF IT IS WITH YOU. >> OUR NEXT ANIMAL IS DAX.

NEUTERED MALE AND MIXED BREED. TWO YEARS OLD AND 54 POUNDS. TAX IS A TWO-YEAR-OLD BLACK AND WHITE PUP WITH A SMILE BURSTING WITH PUPPY ENERGY. HE IS ALWAYS UP TO PLAY WITH A NEW ENERGY AND TOY. TRUTH BE TOLD, HE WOULD RATHER BE SNUGGLED UP WITH HIS FAVORITE HUMANS. ATTACKS THRIVES AROUND DOGS THAT MATCH A PLAYFUL VIBE AND KNOWS HOW TO KEEP THE FUN GOING WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT. WHETHER HE IS CHASING TOYS OR CUDDLES, DAX IS THE KIND OF

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HER STORY BEFORE NOW WAS UNKNOWN. ONE THING IS FOR SURE.

SHE IS FULL OF LOVE AND READY TO SHARE IT. FRIENDLY, CALM AND QUIETLY AFFECTIONATE. SHE IS THE KIND OF COMMUNION -- COMPANION THAT MAKES THE HOUSE FEEL LIKE HOME. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LOYAL AND WITH A TOUCH OF MYSTERY AND A LOT OF CHARM, SHE MAY BE YOUR PERFECT MATCH . LASTLY, WE HAVE TWIZZLERS, A NEUTERED MALE. MIXED BREED, THREE MONTHS OLD AND 12 POUNDS.

TWIZZLERS IS A SWEET SPUNKY PUPPY WITH A SERIOUS ZEST FOR LIFE. ALWAYS ON THE MOVE CHASING TOYS AND EXPLORING NEW SPOTS AND TURNING EVERYDAY MOMENTS INTO ADVENTURES. WITH HIS PLAYFUL SPIRIT AND IRRESISTIBLE CHARM, TWIZZLERS IS THE KIND OF DOG WHO MAKES LIFE MORE FUN JUST BEING IN IT . IF YOU ARE READY FOR A LITTLE WHIRLWIND OF JOY, TWIZZLERS IS YOUR GUY . AND IF YOU ARE READY TO MEET YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND, OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS ARE WAITING TO ADD EXTRA LOVE AND FUN TO YOUR LIFE. FROM WAGGING TAILS TO PURRING KITTENS, WE HAVE THE PERFECT COMPANION JUST FOR YOU. DO YOU WANT TO SEE WAS AVAILABLE? YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND MEET OUR ADORABLE CREW LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOMES. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DROP US A LINE ON CLAY COUNTY ADOPTIONS. DON'T WAIT. YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND IS A CLICK AWAY . LASTLY, IF YOUR INTERESTED IN HELPING ONE OF OUR PARIS FRANCE BUT CANNOT BRING ONE HOME, PLEASE LOOK AT THE AMAZON WISH LIST. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF ITEMS FOR THE AMAZON

WISH LIST ANIMALS. >> WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. AT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WILL JOIN ME ON THE FLOOR. OKAY. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION THIS AFTERNOON IS

[1.  Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October 2025)]

THAT WAS PROBABLY INAPPROPRIATE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I APOLOGIZE IF THAT OFFENDED ANYONE. AT ANY RATE, COMMISSIONER S WILL READ THE POPULATION. IF ANYBODY WOULD

LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS . >> THE PROCLAMATION READS "WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS OVER 12 MILLION MEN, WOMEN IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR, EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 79,000 VICTIMS SEEK CRITICAL SERVICES THAT CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAFETY AND CONTINUED ABUSE. AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES, AFFECTING PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES, GENDERS AND INCOME LEVELS WITH FAR-REACHING IMPACT FELT THROUGHOUT SOCIETY, INCLUDING HERE IN CLAY COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION. AND WHEREAS IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 24 , 25, QUIGLEY HOUSE, CLAY COUNTY'S ONLY TO MASTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER, PROVIDED MORE THAN 95 HUNDREDTHS -- SHELTERS , THEY ANSWERED 2331 CRISIS CALLS AND CREATED 1785 PERSONALIZED SAFETY PLANS . THE INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION PROJECT AIDED 618 INDIVIDUALS IN THE SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM SUPPORTING 24 SURVIVORS DURING FORENSIC EXAMS. WHEREAS, DURING DEVASTING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, CLAY COUNTY JOINS COMMUNITIES ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE NATION TO HONOR THOSE LOST TO ABUSE , SUPPORT SURVIVORS, RAISE AWARENESS AND RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE QUIGLEY HOUSE FOR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE, EMPOWER AND PROVIDE LIFESAVING RESOURCES . THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. ON BEHALF OF QUIGLEY HOUSE, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT PICK NOT ONLY DURING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR . EACH OCTOBER, WE TAKE TIME TO HONOR SURVIVORS, REMEMBER THOSE WE HAVE LOST AND STAND UNITED IN OUR COMMITMENT TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. YOUR RECOGNITION THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS MORE THAN WORDS. IT MEANS HOPE, VALIDATION AND VISIBILITY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN SILENCE. AT QUIGLEY HOUSE, WE SEE FIRSTHAND THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF SURVIVORS EVERY DAY . IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE PROVIDED STABLE HOUSING TO 35 SURVIVOR FAMILIES HELPING THEM REBUILD THEIR LIVES FREE OF ABUSE. EACH OF THOSE FAMILIES REPRESENTS COURAGE, DETERMINATION AND THE POWER OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT QUIGLEY HOUSE CONTINUES TO BREAK BARRIERS. BY NOT ONLY OFFERING SAFETY AND SHELTER BUT ALSO CREATING LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THAT EMPOWER SURVIVORS TO THRIVE THROUGH COUNSELING, LEGAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. WE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO END THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE FOR GOOD. BUT NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COLLABORATION AND COMPASSION OF OUR PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THIS BOARD. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ENSURES SURVIVORS IN CLAY COUNTY HAVE A PLACE TO TURN, A VOICE TO BE HEARD AND A PATHWAY FORWARD AS WE OBSERVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. I MET EVERYONE SPEAK UP AND SPREAD AWARENESS. TOGETHER, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHINE A LOT ON AN ISSUE THAT THRIVES IN SILENCE AND WE CAN MAKE CLAY COUNTY A SAFER AND STRONGER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS AND PARTNERS, FOR STANDING WITH QUIGLEY HOUSE AND SURVIVORS.

>> THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF CLARK GREEN WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, WE REPRESENT THE CLAY COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE. THESE ARE THE LADIES FROM THE CIVIL DEPARTMENT. THEY WORK FIRSTHAND WITH THOSE THAT COME INTO OUR OFFICE TO FILE INJUNCTIONS WHICH ARE ALSO KNOWN AS RESTRAINING ORDERS. AS QUIGLEY HOUSE IS OUR PARTNER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TOWN OF ORANGE PARK AND CITY OF GREEN COVE, WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT. THE CLERK'S OFFICES AROUND THE STATE LAST YEAR PROCESSED 78,000 INJUNCTIONS IN OUR OFFICE. WE ARE FRONT LINE AS WELL IN CONJUNCTION WITH QUIGLEY HOUSE. OUR OFFICE ALONE, WE AVERAGE ANYWHERE FROM 75, TO 85 INJUNCTIONS PER MONTH WE ARE A VERY BUSY OFFICE AND WE ARE ALSO VERY ATTUNED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME IN AND ARE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE. WE THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

[2.  GFWC International Day of Service]

>>> OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB OF GREEN COBE SPRINGS FOR ITS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE DEDICATED TO ENDING DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CLAY COUNTY. WEARE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VILLAGE AND PERMIT ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL OFFICIALS , ALL OF WHOM WERE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS EFFORT. IF YOU WOULD JOIN US UPFRONT AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE BRIEF REMARKS AFTER THE COMMISSIONER READS THE PROCLAMATION.

>> WE HAVE LORRAINE STATZ , FRIENDS OF AUGUSTA SAVAGE. FROM THE VILLAGE AND PERMIT ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE LORRAINE STATZ, JAMIE FOX AND A FEW OTHERS. AND WE HAVE FRIENDS OF

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JORDAN,DEBORAH LEWIS, TANEY THOUGHT TAMMY MCDANIEL , HENRIETTA DAVIS FRANCIS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS POLICE, CHIEF HEINZ AND COMMANDER LUQUEY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. WE APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSIONER

BURKE . >> WHEREAS FOUNDED ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 1883 BY 25 WOMEN AS FLORIDA'S FIRST WOMAN'S CLUB, THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS HELPED ESTABLISH THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS IN 1890 AND HAS PROUDLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 140 YEARS AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB THANKS OF GREEN COAT SPRINGS, FLORIDA SERVES GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND THE GREATER CLAY COUNTY AREA THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM AND FUNDRAISING . AS A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS . IT ALSO SUPPORTS CHARITABLE INITIATIVES AT THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. AND WHEREAS THE VIA CONTINUES THE TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BY PARTICIPATING IN THE ANNUAL GFWC DAY OF SERVICE WITH THE FOCUS ON RAISING AWARENESS RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WHEREAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, LOCAL JUDICIARY AND OTHER COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS AND QUIGLEY HOUSE, THE EVENT AND POWER DOZENS OF PREDICAMENTS TO COME BACK , DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING BY RECOGNIZING WARNING SIGNS BY SPEAKING UP TO EDUCATE OTHERS AND BY REPORTING CONCERNS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT . ANDWHEREAS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS LED BY THE VIA RAISED $500 IN GIFT CARD DONATIONS PRESENTED TO THE QUIGLEY HOUSE WITH ASSISTING IN TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL AND JOB APPOINTMENTS FOR FAMILIES SEEKING SERVICES. NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LAKE COUNTY FLORIDA DOES HEREBY COMMAND THE COVID TO SEVEN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE ENDING DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CLAY COUNTY.

IN DOING SO, WE RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF THE VILLAGE IMPROVING ASSOCIATION FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB THANKS AT GREEN COAST SPRINGS ROOM WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS TO RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THE URGENT NEED TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

DULY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA , THIS 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER , 2025.

>> MOTION? >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ? >> IT IS UNANIMOUS. WHO WOULD

LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST . >> I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE STILL OVERWHELMED AT HOW WONDERFULLY THE WHOLE PROGRAM TURNED OUT . WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP. WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF SO MANY LIKE-MINDED CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN GREEN COVE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTION ALL OF THEM. THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS THERE AND RYAN ELLIS, I'M HOPING WILL JOIN US AGAIN FOR A PARENT NIGHT IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 6, TO HELP PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS BE AWARE OF HOW THIS HORRIBLE THING HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. FRIENDS OF WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. WE ENJOYED PARTNERING WITH THEM. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WAS THERE AND INAUDIBLE ] PINES AND HIS PEOPLE WERE THERE. GREEN COAST SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WERE THERE AND WE HAD LOCAL PREACHERS THAT WERE ALSO THERE AND THE CLERK OF COURT. GREEN AND MARY JUSTINA WERE INSTRUMENT IN HELPING US TO THIS PROGRAM. AGAIN, WE WERE JUST OVERWHELMED AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO COME OUT AND BRING AWARENESS TO THIS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>

>> OKAY, WELL NOW, THIS WAS SUCH A WORLDLY EFFORT AND WE ARE GRATEFUL WE REACHED OUT TO PARTNER WITH THE TO DO THAT. THE AWARENESS ALONE . THE AWARENESS ALONE WAS AND IS INVALUABLE. SO NOT ONLY TO US BUT NOW, WE WILL HAVE THE

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I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE. AND SHE KEEPS IT GOING. I HAVE TO RUN TO KEEP UP WITH HER. THANK YOU. OUR THIRD PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES WORLD POLIO DAY WHICH

[3.  World Polio Day (October 24, 2025)]

AND MARY VIRGINIA FISHER WHO IS THE SECRETARY OF THE ORANGE INAUDIBLE ] CLUB AND WE HAVE OTHER CLUBS ARE PRESENTED. WE HAVE BO NORTON FROM THE AND HIS DISTRICT GOVERNOR ELECT. COMMISSIONER RENNINGER WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR WORLD POLIO DAY. POLIO IS IMPORTANT TO ALL ROTARIANS BECAUSE WE FEEL THE NEED TO ERADICATE IT FROM THE WORLD. IT IS ONE DISEASE THAT, IF YOU HAVE WATCHED ANY OF THE VIDEOS OR YOU GOOGLE POLIO, THERE ARE STILL LITTLE CHILDREN WHO -- WHO HAVE NO USE OF THEIR LEGS. IT IS A HORRIBLE DISEASE.

THERE IS A VACCINATION THAT TOTALLY PREVENTS YOU FROM GETTING IT. IT IS NOT LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER CONTROVERSIAL ONES. AT ANY RATE, COMMISSIONER RENNINGER.

>> ALMOST ERADICATED COMPLETELY FROM THE WORLD. THERE ARE CERTAIN COUNTRIES LIKE AFGHANISTAN WHERE THEY HAVE HAD A RESURGENCE A LITTLE BIT. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT LOCALLY, WE HAVE PENNY FARMS, WHICH HAS A PET PROJECT WHICH ACCOMMODATES THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THE USE OF THEIR LEGS. WITH A LITTLE MOBILITY VEHICLE. JUST SO YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, LET ME TAKE SOME TIME TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WHOSE MOTTO IS SERVICE ABOVE SELF LAUNCHED A GLOBAL EFFORT TO IMMUNIZE THE WORLD'S CHILDREN AGAINST POLIO IN 1985 AND HELPED ESTABLISH THE GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE IN 1988 AND WHEREAS AT THE START OF THE GLOBAL EFFORT, POLIO PARALYZED OVER 1000 CHILDREN DAILY AND THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF ROTARY AND ITS PARTNERS, MOBILIZING 20 MILLION VOLUNTEERS AND 125 COUNTRIES TO -- TO IMMUNIZE MORE THAN 3 BILLION CHILDREN. POLIO CASES HAVE DROPPED BY 99% BRINGING THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF ERADICATION. AND WHEREAS WORLD POLIO DAY IS A GLOBAL OBSERVANCE FOR RODEO OR -- FOR ROTARY MEMBERS, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES AND OTHERS COMMITTED TO A POLIO FREE WORLD TO RECOGNIZE PROGRESS AND HIGHLIGHT THE ONGOING NEED FOR CRITICAL RESOURCES LIKE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, MEDICAL STAFF, LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS TO ACHIEVE ERADICATION AND WHEREAS THE THEME OF WORLD POLIO DAY 2025 WHICH IS TO END POLIO NOW AND PROTECT EVERY CHILD FOR GLOBAL EFFORTS TO FULLY ERADICATE POLIO BY ENSURING EVERY CHILD IS VACCINATED AND PROTECTED FROM THE PREVENTABLE DISEASE AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY CLUB S IN CLAY COUNTY , ORANGE PARK SUNRISE, ORANGE PARK SUNSET, ORANGE PARK NOON, FLEMING ISLAND COMING GREEN COAST SPRINGS, RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB, ST. JOHNS CLASSICAL ACADEMY INTERACT CLUB AND FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL

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>> AYE . >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON . THERE ARE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ON VACCINES AND VACCINE SCHEDULES. ONE THING WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON IS THAT WE ALL WANT TO REMOVE DEBILITATING DISEASES FROM CHILDREN. BACK IN 1983 WHEN INAUDIBLE ] GOT INTO THE FIGHT, THERE WERE AROUND 360,000 CASES OF POLIO PER YEAR ACROSS THE GLOBE. TO QUANTIFY THAT FOR YOU, THAT IS ABOUT -- A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE EVERBANK FOOTBALL STADIUMS FULL OF PEOPLE . CANYOU IMAGINE FIVE STADIUMS FULL OF PEOPLE PER YEAR COMING DOWN WITH THE DEBILITATING DISEASE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK ? NOW FAST-FORWARD TO 2025 . WECURRENTLY HAVE 28 CASES IN THE WORLD OF POLIO. SO WE HAVE REDUCED FROM FIVE FOOTBALL STADIUMS DOWN TO ABOUT 2-15 PASSENGER VANS. SO WE AS ROTARIANS AND AS A SOCIETY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ERADICATING THIS DISEASE . AS WAS NOTED IN THE PROCLAMATION , ROTARY GETS $50 MILLION PER YEAR -- GIVES $50 MILLION PER YEAR TO ERADICATE POLIO AND WITH THE MATCH FROM THE GATES FOUNDATION, THE $50 MILLION TURNS INTO $150 MILLION TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT TO ERADICATE POLIO. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL , DISTRICT 6970 AND THE ROTARY CLUBS OF CLAY COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR THIS

PROCLAMATION . >>

[4.  Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October 2025)]

>> WE ALSO HAVE TWO DECLARATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 2025 IS RECOGNIZED AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, SCREENING AND PREVENTION OF THE DISEASE . WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE FULL DECLARATION ATTACHED TO TODAY'S

[5.  National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October 2025)]

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[Florida Forest Service Annual Clay County Commissioners Reports (Carlton Scott/Dave Sechrist)]

>> MONEY MS. CARLTON SCOTT WITH THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE., COUNTY FORRESTER FOR CLAY COUNTY AND MY PROGRAM IS UNDER THE CFA PROGRAM FOR THE COOPERATIVE FORCED RESISTANCE PROGRAM . WHAT I DO IS I PROVIDE RESIDENTS OF CLAY COUNTY WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO FORESTRY AND APPLY MY PROFESSIONAL GROUND TO HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR PROPERTY . MOST OF MY SERVICES ARE IN THE FORM OF WRITTEN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 10-20 ACRES. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE IT. FOR PROFIT. SO I CAN HELP THEM MANAGE IT FOR PROFIT FOR WILDLIFE RECREATION AND THAT KIND OF THING . I ALSO DO CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE FOREST PROGRAM AND THAT TRADESHOW PROGRAM. I HELPED A CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND FIRE LINE PLOWING AND SITE PREPARATION AND ENTRY PLANTING. IF SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE LIKE AN OPEN FIELD FOR CATTLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I CAN HELP THEM GET TREES ESTABLISHED. I HOPE WITH TIMBER SALES. WILDFIRE PREVENTION . THAT GOES BEYOND FIRE LINES .

THAT COULD BE REDUCING BRUSH AND PRESCRIBED BURNING. I ALSO DO A LOT OF MORE URBAN SERVICES. THAT CAN INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION , LANDOWNER WORKSHOPS AND URBAN TREEPLANTING AND INSPECTIONS. I ALSO DO FOREST AND TREE PEST DISEASE AND MONITORING. SO THE BIG WHEN WE LOOK OUT FOR IS THE SOUTHERN PINE NEEDLE. THIS YEAR, CLAY COUNTY WAS PRICKED TO HAVE A LESS THAN 5% CHANCE OF A SOUTHERN PINE NEEDLE OUTBREAK.

AND WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY YET. WE SET UP A TRAP EVERY YEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF CLAY COUNTY TO DETECT IF THERE ARE ANY NEEDLES PRESENT AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO THIS YEAR AND WE DO AN ANNUAL AERIAL FLIGHT OVER THE COUNTY AND DID NOT SEE ANY NEEDLES SPOTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY AND WE ARE NOT PROJECTED TO DETECT ANY. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN LAST YEAR. SO WE HAD TWO FOREST MANAGEMENT LINES PREPARED FOR LANDOWNERS AND WE HAD ONE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN PREPARED FOR CLAY PARKS AND RECREATION. FIVE ARBOR DAY EVENTS IN CLAY COUNTY FOR 710 ATTENDEES. MOST OF THEM WERE AT SCHOOLS. SUPPLANTING AROUND SOCCER FIELDS AND IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS AND THAT KIND OF THING. THOSE WERE FUNDED THROUGH OUR AGENCY AND WE WORKED WITH ST. JOHNS, -- EXCUSE ME, CLAY COUNTY SOIL AND WATER DISTRICT TO KIND OF SUPPLY THE TREES AND GET THEM PLANTED. WE HAD SIX EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR 1700 CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AND I HAD FIVE URBAN TREE INSPECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS IN CLAY COUNTY. AND WE ALSO HAD THE AERIAL SURVEY WHICH I DISCUSSED EARLIER WERE NO NEEDLES WERE DETECTED.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO STATE FORESTS IN CLAY COUNTY. WE HAVE ELMORE AND JENNINGS STATE FORESTS. WE HAD ONE TIMBER SALE ON INAUDIBLE ] FOR 320 ACRES AND JENNINGS FOR 169 ACRES. WE ALSO DID OVER 3700 ACRES OF PRESCRIBED BURNING AS WELL. WE ALSO SAW 170,000 ESTIMATED VISITORS BETWEEN FILLMORE AND JENNINGS STATE FOREST AND WE HAD THE IN ALL TEACHERS STORE WHERE WE HAD TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND KIND OF INFORM THEM ABOUT OUR AGENCY AND FORESTRY IN GENERAL. AND THAT WAS HOSTED ON JENNINGS STATE FOREST. AND THEN, OUR OTHER STATE LAND EMPLOYEES HOSTED 12 DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVENTS WITH OVER 7000 ATTENDEES . ANY QUESTIONS ?

>> COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO. >> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I THINK PUBLICLY, YOUR JOB IS NOT A BIG DEAL UNTIL IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. ACTUALLY KIND OF SAW IN CALIFORNIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOW DO YOU COORDINATE WITH AS FAR AS IF YOU WERE TO FIND SOMETHING? IS A LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR THE

STATE LEVEL? HOW DOESTHAT WORK ? >> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ISSUE

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>> SURE. >> WE COORDINATE A LOT WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND SOME FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL . IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY . IF THERE WAS LIKE A BEETLE OUTBREAK, THAT WOULD PROBABLY FALL MORE UNDER JUST OUR AGENCY. MOST OF THAT IS HANDLED IN-HOUSE BY THE FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . >> THANK YOU.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF PEOPLE THINK THERE IS AN ILLEGAL BURN, THEY REPORT THAT TO YOU ALL . ISTHERE A PHONE NUMBER

THEY SHOULD CALL ? >> THERE IS. DAVID PROBABLY WILL

KNOW A LITTLE MORE THAN ME . >> SORRY. I'M PREEMPTING YOU .

>> WE DO HAVE THE FINAL -- WE OVERSEE ALL THE OUTDOOR PRESCRIBED BURNING AND PILE BURNING AND ALL OF THAT IS UNDER

OUR PURVIEW. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WILL HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THAT STUFF. I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS, IF WE HAVE A FIRE, WHO DO WE REACH OUT TO. IS THAT

IT? >> YES. MORE SO FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, YOU DO YOUR EVALUATIONS AND YOU ARE LIKE, THIS ISN'T GOOD. WE NEED TO SOUND THE ALARM. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM A PREPAREDNESS PERSPECTIVE ?

>> TYPICALLY, WE HANDLE A LOT IN HOUSE. I HAVE 11 FIREFIGHTERS IN CLAY COUNTY. I CAN REACH OUTSIDE OF CLAY COUNTY. THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN. FOR MORE SUPPORT AND MORE PLOW UNITS .

>> EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? THEY CAN'T HEAR

YOU ONLINE. >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU .

>> WITHIN THE AGENCY, WE WILL REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. CLAY COUNTY, I WILL REACH OUT TO PUTNAM COUNTY AND BRING THEIR FIRE RESOURCES. OR FIRE RESOURCES. IF IT IS A FIRE INSIDE CLAY COUNTY, WE COULD PULL OUT OF DUVAL AND FOLKS WITHIN MY CENTER. WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET TAPPED TOO OFTEN. TYPICALLY, IF WE SEE SOMETHING AND THERE IS POTENTIAL AND WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL NEED MORE RESOURCES , I CAN GET THEM COMING PRETTY QUICK. SO DOES

THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> YES.

>> RARELY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WILL BE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO FEDERAL PARTNERS. WE COULD. A LOT OF TIMES, IT WOULD BE IN AVIATION RESOURCE. I COULD CALL FOR A HELICOPTER OUT OF OCALA AND BRING A HELICOPTER TO DO SOME BUCKET WORK. OUR AGENCY HAS ACTUALLY HAD -- WEARE IN A GOOD SEASON. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW AVIATION RESOURCES THAT WERE STRATEGICALLY PLACED ACROSS THE STATE FOR FIRES . AS NORTHEAST FLORIDA KIND OF DRIES OUT, WE WILL MOVE AVIATION RESOURCES OF HERE IN THE STAGE OR IF IT IS SOMETHING IN SOUTH FLORIDA. WE WILL MOVE THOSE RESOURCES AROUND A LOT. THAT IS KIND OF HOW WE DO THINGS AND MANAGE EMERGENCY TYPE FIRES. SO USUALLY, WE HAVE

PLENTY TO HANDLE . >> SO TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WITHIN SIDE OF CLAY COUNTY, MOTHER NATURE WAS PRETTY GOOD TO US. WE STARTED TO DRY OUT . WE STARTED TO GET CONCERNED. CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND MYSELF , WE WERE STEPPING UP. WE WERE STEPPING UP OUR RESPONSE TO FIRES AS WE GET DRIER. AND THEN MOTHER NATURE HELPED US OUT WITH RAIN SO WE DIDN'T REALLY -- IT WASN'T A BAD FIRE SEASON BY ANY MEANS. IT WAS A MANAGEABLE FIRE SEASON .

THE NUMBER OF WILDFIRES IN CLAY COUNTY WAS 37. 401 ACRES WERE BURNED WITH WILDFIRES. AVERAGE SIZE WAS PRETTY SMALL. 4.8 ACRES. SO 5 ACRES. THAT MEANS BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT US, WE WERE ABLE TO JUMP ON THEM PRETTY QUICK WHICH WAS GOOD. THE PRIMARY CAUSE WAS INCENDIARY. THAT IS FOLKS EARNING YARD TRASH OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE AN THOSE FIRES GETTING OUT. I WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT . BURN AUTHORIZATION. IT IS OUR DISPATCH . AND I CAN GET TO THE NUMBER IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE. THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WERE EVERYDAY PEOPLE ARE CALLING IN AND WE ARE ISSUING PERMITS TO BURN OR NOT BURN. THAT IS BASED ON WEATHER FACTORS. IT IS A WINDY DAY OR LOW HUMIDITY DAY, WE DON'T ISSUE. THAT IS KIND OF HOW IT IS. IT IS A DAY-TO-DAY ISSUING PROCESS PICK THE NUMBER OF SITE INSPECTIONS. THAT WOULD BE WHAT MY GUYS ARE DOING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. THAT IS PEOPLE CALLING INTO OUR DISPATCH WINNING TO BURN. IT COULD BE A CONTRACTOR WANTING TO BURN A NEW BUILDING SITE OR COULD BE A LANDOWNER WANTING TO BURN AND THEY HAVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. SO OUR PEOPLE WILL GO MEET WITH THEM FACE-TO-FACE AT THEIR LOCATION AND GIVE THEM ADVICE ON

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THAT IS ACREAGE BURNING . 1115 BROADCAST BURNS. THAT IS A GOOD NUMBER. THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT AND THAT WILL HELP THINGS IN THE BIG PICTURE WHEN WE DRY OUT. TOLLBOOTH -- TOTAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED BURN ACRES IN CLAY COUNTY WAS ALMOST 20,000.

19,700 ACRES WAS BURNED. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD NUMBER. TOTAL NUMBERS OF PILOTS AUTHORIZED WAS 2913 PILES. WITH THE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS TYPICALLY THE PREFERRED SITE PREP METHOD. THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE SUCH A BIG NUMBER THERE . MY GUYS DO ALSO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH FIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID 12 AND ROUGHLY ESTIMATE WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN FRONT OF 350,000 PEOPLE. THE FAIR IS A BIG ONE. OBVIOUSLY BE BEEN A LOT OF TIME THERE. THAT IS JUST KIND OF THOSE THAT -- THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE DID OVER THIS LAST YEAR. OUR AGENCY IS CHANGING A LOT. OUR NEW COMMISSIONER IS REALLY INTO TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE A NEW DRONE PROGRAM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BURN NUMBERS ON STATE LAND, WE WANT TO DO MORE. WE WANT TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE .

DOING IT OLD SCHOOL STYLE BY WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS WITH TRIP TORCHES AND DOING IT. IT IS HARD. IT TAKES TIME. WE NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE. FRESH LEGS. WE JUST HAVE GOTTEN DRONES. WE HAVE DRONES NOW WHERE THEY CAN FLY AND LIGHT THE FIRE. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THINGS GO. HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WHEN I COME SEE YOU, WE WILL HAVE BIGGER NUMBERS AND MORE ACRES BURNED. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?

>> QUESTIONS ? COMMISSIONER BURKE.

>> JUST A COMMENT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TO AS VERY TO THE CONCERNED CITIZENS REGARDING THE FIRE AT ASBURY. YOU ALL GOT RIGHT THERE AND CAME AND SPOKE TO THEM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH .

>> AND I HOPE YOU KNOW , IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN EVER HELP WITH, PLEASE GIVE ME A SHOT. I'M ALWAYS HERE TO HELP WITH EVERYTHING THAT I CAN. CLAY COUNTY IS MY SPOT AND I LIVE HERE SO I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. >> THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING.

YOU SPOKE TO BRINGING RESOURCES TO CLAY COUNTY YOU ARE ALSO A RESOURCE THAT GETS DEPLOYED . I'M NOT SURE THE PUBLIC REALLY KNOWS HOW OFTEN YOU GET DEPLOYED OUTSIDE THE STATE ACTUALLY . SO

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? >> IT IS ANNUAL. IT IS EVERY YEAR. WE TRAVEL A LOT . I WOULD SAY EVERY YEAR, WE ARE HEADING

SOMEWHERE. IT JUST DEPENDS. >> DID YOU DEPLOY TO CALIFORNIA

AT ALL? >> I WAS ON CALIFORNIA. I SPENT TIME IN MONTANA THIS YEAR . I HAVE IN PAST YEARS. I HAVE SPENT

A LOT OF TIME IN CALIFORNIA. >> I THINK IS NOTEWORTHY FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW . PEOPLE GET DEPLOYED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> IT IS GOOD TO GO AND HELP OUT AND IT GIVES US A GOOD PERSPECTIVE. YOU CAN SEE AND OUR GUYS LEARN A LOT TRAVELING THE COUNTRY AND SEEING HOW OTHER STATES DO THINGS AND WE ARE ABLE TO COME BACK AND REALLY IT HELPS US OUT HERE IN THE STATE. MOST OF MY GUYS TRAVEL ANNUALLY. TYPICALLY, THE WAY IT WORKS OUT IS THE FLORIDA FIRE SEASON KIND OF ENDS AND WE GET THE SEASONAL RAIN IN THE EVENING . ANDTHEN BASICALLY, THAT IS ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY STARTS TO DRY OUT. SO THAT IS WHEN WE START TRAVELING. MOST OF THE GUYS -- WE DON'T LET THEM TRAVEL UNTIL WE FEEL IT IS SAFE BACK HERE TOO .

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME .

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT .

>> ALL RIGHT. NONE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ARE HERE TODAY. IT IS A REALLY BUSY TIME. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CLERK, RICK DINGELL WITH US. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. HE

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 23RD .

>> 2025. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

>> OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. WE ARE AT THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MATTERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE

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>> HELLO EVERYONE. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. I DID WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 23. BUT I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE FOR MY CDD SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO STILL BE HERE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WAS TRYING TO REVIEW THIS ITEM AND REALIZE THIS IS BASICALLY CDD THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDING AND EXTENDING. IT RAISED THE QUESTION FOR ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING I HAVE DEALT WITH AT ROLLING HILLS AND THE EXTENSIONS OF A CDD. IT IS THE SAME FIRM THAT REPRESENTS ROLLING HILLS IN THE SAME MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT REPRESENT THIS ONE. I HAD LOOKED ON THE WEBSITE. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS THAT IT DOES SHOW YOU, VERY SIMILAR TO OURS, WHO THE CDD BOARD MEMBERS ARE AND THERE ARE THREE OF THEM THAT ARE STILL DREAM FINDER CDD . SO IT IS STILL CONTROLLED BY THE DEVELOPER AS BEST I COULD SEE.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I WAS LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ALSO ATTACHED. THERE LIKE 302 PAGES WITH A BUNCH OF THOSE CLASS A I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. LIKE WHERE'S ALL OF THIS FROM? IT SEEMED LIKE THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE MOVING IN THEIR OR HAVE LIVED THERE SOMEHOW, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAD SIGNED PERMISSION FROM WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ABOUT IT BECOMING A CDD IN THE FUTURE . I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS THAT BOUGHT INTO THIS CDD THAT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A CERTAIN NUMBER, WERE OKAY WITH ALL THE DECISIONS ON THE EXPANSIONS AND THEN THE OTHER EXPANSIONS THAT WERE DONE AND NOW THIS FUTURE EXPANSION . AS THEY ARE TAKING THESE INTO CONSIDERATION, THERE ARE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE CDD DEVELOPMENTS. I ALSO TOOK A LOT OF PUBLIC RECORDS THEY ARE. SO THE FINANCIALS. SEEING THAT THERE IS A FEE AND THEREFORE A TRUSTEE. RAISE MY QUESTION AGAIN ON, WHAT IS A TRUSTEE GETTING PAID IN THEIR BUDGET? AND THE LAND SURROUNDING THAT ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE LAND THERE , YOU START SEEING A LOT OF OTHER LAND OWNED BY TRUSTEES. WILL SOME OF THOSE AREAS ALSO START EXPANDING ? SO JUST UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. AS YOU ALL GO DO DISCUSS THIS, THEY ARE THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU AGAIN .

THE LAST THING. ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL , I'M ON THE LAKE ASBURY ONE. ONE OF THE THINGS, IT DOES NOT HAVE THE INVOCATION ON IT. SO WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE. IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY AGENDA S, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL ARE DOING .

>> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK

[CONSENT AGENDA]

FOR DISCUSSION? >> HEARING NONE, I WILL

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> SECOND.

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

[18.  Progress Report on the Bonded Transportation Program and Other Capital Projects (Capital Projects Team)]

INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> OPPOSED. CARRIES 5-0. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS. .

>> GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE CHAIR.

ADMINISTRATOR. I HAVE CARLA CAMPOS, THE ON REPRESENTED. WE ARE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS THE TEAM HAS MADE OVER THE LAST MONTH . FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE ON FROM MASTERS PIT TO PINE TREE LANE, THE COUNTY'S TEAM IN ANDERSON, COLUMBIA CONTINUED THE STATUS MEETINGS. ANDERSON COLUMBIA PLACED TONDA SITE NUMBER THREE AND COMPLETED EFFORTS FOR POND SITE FOUR. THEY CONTINUE THE INSTALLATION OF DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, PIPES, DEMOTION, EXISTING DRIVEWAYS AND CONTINUED PAVEMENT REPAIR FOR DRIVEWAY AND PIPES ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT.

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THEREWILL BE AN EXTENSION DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE. FOR PROJECT 6A, THE TEAM SUBMITTED AN UPDATED WETLAND FEDERAL SCORE AND IMPACT QUANTITIES AS RESPECT AS REQUESTED BY THE COURT AND WAITING FOR THE FINAL ISSUANCE.

PLANS ARE BEING FINALIZED AS WELL . THE PLANS AGAIN WILL BE SIGNED AND SEALED FOR THE COUNTY AS SOON AS THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED. FOR GROUP ONE, PROJECT 3A, THIS ONE IS COMPLETE.

PROJECT 3B, THE SECTION WAS CONNECTED TO THE EAST END OF PROJECT FOUR AND RUNS THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT. THE COUNTY, GAI HELPS THE BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETINGS. THROUGH CONTINUED WORK , WORKING MOST OF THEIR TIME AT NIGHT SHIFTS WHILE CONTINUING THE INSTALLATION OF STORMWATER PIPES. THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE PROJECT SCHEDULE CONTINUES TO BE IN DISPUTE WHILE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN HOPES OF A RESOLUTION. THE PROJECT IS 47% PAID OUT IN 108% OF THE TIME PROJECT FOUR, SAND ROAD TO THE FUNERAL HOME, THAT WORK IS COMPLETE. MOVING ON TO PROJECT 6B, CATHEDRAL PARKWAY. THE COUNTY TEAM SUPERIOR WITH THE DESIGNER RSNH, HAD THE LAST BIMONTHLY STATUS MEETING . CONTINUED REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR ARE COMPLETE. THE PROJECT IS 100% PAID OUT .

THECOUNTY SUPERIOR ARE WORKING THROUGH A DISPUTE RESOLUTION ON THEIR FILE SCHEDULE ON A CONTINUED HIGH NOTE OF COMPLETING THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL RECEIVE A MERIT AWARD FROM THE DESIGN BUILDER'S INSTITUTE FOR THE FLORIDA REGION AND TRANSPORTATION . THE AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE TEAM OCTOBER 16TH AT THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE. IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE WORK, WGI CONTINUES TO DO WORK ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND SPECTRUM. AND THE LAST IS OCTOBER 7TH AND 142 MILLION. THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT FOR THE BOND TRANSPORTATION SITE. ARE THERE

ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COMMISSIONER BURKE . >> DISPUTE DOESN'T SOUND VERY GOOD. WHY IS THERE A DISPUTE ON CATHEDRAL OAKS?

>> ON CATHEDRAL OAKS, THERE IS DISCUSSION ON THE INITIATION OF THE PROJECT WHEN THE WETLAND PERMIT CREDITS WERE RECEIVED AND WHEN THE CONTRACTOR RECEIVED THE PERMIT . WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WETLAND PERMIT AND THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE THERE WAS A DISPUTE . AS THEY APPROACHED THE END OF THE PROJECT, THEY ENTERED LIQUIDATED DAMAGES BUT WE HAVE TO SETTLE ON THOSE DATES OF WHEN THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WILL BE APPLIED. THIS HAS BEEN WORKED THROUGH BOTH OUR COUNCIL AS WELL

AS THEIR COUNCIL. >> IS THAT ALSO WHY IT HAS NOT

BEEN RELEASED FROM THEM? >> IT HAS BEEN RELEASED .

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>> IT WAS RELEASED TODAY. >> SO WE ARE GOING TO DO

SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPEED ZONE? >> THE SIGNED APARTMENT AND I WILL BE EVALUATING WHERE WE NEED TO ADD SPEED SIGNS AND OTHER SIGNAGE. IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE HAVE THEIR CONCERN ON THE APPROACH TO THE NEW LIGHT FROM 17 WESTBOUND . IT WILL BE ADJUSTING THAT WITH SOME

STRIPING AN ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE . >> WHERE YOU ARE HAVING TO GET INTO THE LEFT LANE INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE RIGHT LANE?

>> WE HAVE TO GET IN THE LEFT LANE STILL BUT IS JUST UNUSUAL. WE TELL EVERYBODY, DON'T GET IN THE LEFT LANE UNLESS YOUR PASSING 70. HERE, YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE LEFT LANE TO CONTINUE GOING STRAIGHT .

>> MY HUSBAND AND I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT THE OTHER NIGHT.

WHETHER WE SHOULD STAY IN THE RIGHT LANE. SO SIGN WOULD BE

GOOD. >> I GOT A CALL FROM ] THAT HIS WIFE GOT PULLED OVER BECAUSE THERE IS A FAST -- GOING FROM 55 TO 35. THERE IS NO TIME.

>> 45 TO 35. >> THERE IS NOT EVEN THE 45 IN

BETWEEN. >> YOU DON'T HAVE A WARNING. SO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE GOT PULLED OVER .

>> AT THE PARKWAY, IT IS 45. NOT 55.

>> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL ROW. >> ENJOY THE TIME.

>> I ENJOY IT. >> THE DISPUTE FOR 209, THAT THE SAME THING QUICKLY WERE TALKING ABOUT -- IN IT. FOR THE 3B, THE DISPUTE ON 209. A BIT OF A DIFFERENT SCENARIO. BUT SOME OF

THE SAME. >> A SIMILAR DISPUTE ON WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO START, THAT WE GAVE THEN THE EARLY RELEASE .

THEYARE DISPUTING ON THE EARLY RELEASE DATE VERSUS WHEN ACTUALLY STARTED WORK AND SOME OF THE COHABITATION WITH PROJECT FOUR AND 3B. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS IN DISPUTE BY THEM AND WE HAVE NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT THE RESOLUTION WILL BE AT THIS

POINT. >> THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE

DONE STILL . >> YES, MA'AM. AND THEY ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. THEY HAVE GOT THE PAYMENT -- PAVEMENT.

THEY HAVE ASPHALT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND WORK IN THE ROUNDABOUT AND THROUGH THE INAUDIBLE ] AREA. THEY ARE NOT WALKING AWAY FROM IT. THEY ARE GOOD CONTRACTOR. THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY CONTNUING.

>> THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS ? >> LITTLE BIT THERE'S A LIST OF 262 PROJECTS COMPILED BY CAPITAL PROJECTS CONTROL SPECIALIST. GENERAL TERMS AND DISSECTING THE LIST BY WAY OF THE WORKDAY LIST 59 PROJECTS WERE DIRECT PURCHASES, 46 WERE FURNISHED AND INSTALLED, 157 LINE ITEMS ARE TRUE PROJECTS THAT TAKEN TO CONSIDER CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. ALL TOTAL 262 LINE ITEMS EQUATES TO 213,000,769 EQUATES TO $213,769,000 TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA. THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORK. AS FAR AS THE RECENT MONTHS WE WILL SPLIT UP DESIGN CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT REPORTS FOR VERTICAL I WILL TAKE ON THE VERTICAL BUILDINGS AND RACHEL WILL TAKE ON THE HORIZONTAL GRID TIE PROJECTS I WILL RAPPORT ON FIVE ARTICLES AND RICHARD WILL GIVE HIGHLIGHTS. FOR THE OVERALL STATUS OF PUBLIC WORKS BOND THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND SO FAR TO DATE 11.4 MILLION OUT OF THE 65 MILLION THE TEAM CONTINUES TO GAUGE AND MITIGATE RISKS EACH MONTH AGAINST THAT MARK FIRST UP THE FAIRGROUND PAVILION IN FOR SUCH A PROJECT THIS IS UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE FAIRGROUND, FIRST PHASE 90% COMPLETE CONSISTED OF RE-CREATING THE POND, REMOVING SILT AND CONTOURING THE POND TO INCREASE STORMWATER CAPACITY.

FORECAST IS TO COMPLETE LATER THIS MONTH. SECOND PHASE WILL

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MOVING ON TO THE BLACK CREEK BIKE TRAIL BOARDWALK REPAIRS CONSISTING OF REPAIRING THE EXISTING 6930 LINEAR FOOT BOARDWALK ALONG HIGHWAY 17. REPLACING STRINGERS DECKING AND HANDRAILS FOR THESE SECTIONS. THE COUNTY ROAD 220 COMPLETE WHILE THE REST THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE. FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTING A NEW FIVE BAY FIRE STATION LOCATED AT MIDDLEBURG OFF OF OLD JENNINGS AND BRANDON MILL BOULEVARD CONSTRUCTION BEGAN OCTOBER 6 THE CONTRACTORS FOCUSED ON SITE STRIPPING AND GRADING PREPARATION FOR POND EXCAVATION AND INSTALLATION OF UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINAGE PIPE, CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 12 MONTHS WITH A PROJECTED COMPLETION ESTIMATED FOR FALL OF 2026. FOR THE VERTICAL PROJECT LAST IS MIDDLEBURG SUBSTATION DOOR REPLACEMENT AT 3799 IRVINE COURT IN MIDDLEBURG CONSISTS OF REMOVING ROTTEN DAMAGED SIDING FROM THE BUILDING INSTALLING TRIM INSIDE AND OUT REPLACING NINE EXTERIOR DOORS, INSTALLED BADGE READERS. THE PROJECT IS 95% COMPLETE PENDING FINAL INSPECTION AND CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES WITH THAT I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER AND MICROPHONE TO RICHARD SO HE CAN GO AHEAD AND

GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. >> TO HAVE A COMPLETION DATE ON

THE BOARDWALK? >> LATER THIS QUARTER I WOULD SAY NOVEMBER AT THE LATEST WE SHOULD BE DONE DEFINITELY BY

CHRISTMAS. >> YEAH. SAME BY NOVEMBER MAYBE

BY THANKSGIVING PRESENT. >> ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH ORANGE SIGNS MEANING SOMETHING AND WE START WITH LAKESHORE DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS ON COUNTY ROAD 220 THE PAVING OPERATION NEAR COMPLETION WITH FINAL ASPHALT TOPPING LAYER SCHEDULED FOR INSTALLATION NOVEMBER 3 'S WE HAVE TWO OR THREE WEEKS TO WAIT AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THE FINAL TOPPING IN. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL DETECTION LOOP ARE BEING CUT INTO NICE AGO TONIGHT BE AWARE THERE WILL BE NIGHT WORK GOING ON AND COMPONENTS ARE GOING INTO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SHOULD BE IN OPERATION LATER NOVEMBER MAYBE SOONER, CONTRACT DATE FOR THE PROJECT IS FEBRUARY 26 LATER NOVEMBER MAYBE SOONER, CONTRACT DATE FOR THE PROJECT IS FEBRUARY 26, 2026. SO WE ARE EXPECTING AND HOPING TO FINISH A LITTLE BEFORE THEN. WE CONTINUE WORK DOWN FOR THE REST ON 220 AT THE NIGHT BOX AREA THE BRIDGE DECK WAS BEING POURED THIS WEEK, THE FIRST PORTION, THE PROJECT IS 49% COMPLETE AND IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED LATE SUMMER OF 26. IT IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME WORK AGAIN IN THE HANLEY ROAD AREA, THE INTERSECTION HAS GOT TO BE LIFTED IN PLACES ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET HIGHER THAN IT IS NOW. WON'T BE QUITE THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE FOR THE KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT BUT IT WILL BE SAFER FOR US OLD GUYS WHO CAN'T STAY IN OUR LANE. THAT GOING TO BE, IT DOES REQUIRE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC THAT WILL HAVE DELAYS.

SO FAR THE RHETORIC FROM THAT PART OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN GOOD THEY HAVE NOT COMPLAINED NEARLY AS MUCH LATELY SO THEY ARE GETTING USED TO IT OR JUST COMPLETELY. DIRT ROAD PAVING PROJECTS ARE NEAR COMPLETION WITH OVER 20 ROADS IN THE 215 AREA, COUNTY ROAD 215, WEATHER PENDING THIS WILL BE A GOOD WEEK BUT IT SHOULD WRAP UP AND SESAME STREET ON SUNDAY, IT WAS REALLY NICE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE BUT IT WAS MUCH

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SCHEDULE. >> WERE AREAS BLOCKED OFF WITH BIG TRUCKS THERE AND A BIG

EXCAVATOR. >> IS ERIC IN THE ROOM?

>> OKAY. >> I WILL BE ON.

>>

AREA. >> THAT'S THE PRESCRIPTIVE PART OF THE ROAD SO WE WOULD NOT BE DOING ANYTHING EXCEPT ON THE

GRADED PORTION. >> ANY OF THE QUESTIONS?

>> IN CLOSING I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. WE DO RECEIVE PHONE CALLS AND WE DO WE REACT TO THEM ONE OF THEM WE REACTED TO THIS WEEK IN THE DISTRICT IS CONCERNED CITIZEN CALLED ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT WAS A NEW ROAD BUT IN THE LAST YEAR A CONNECTION TO TIMES BOULEVARD HAD MADE THE BOULEVARD IT WENT FROM BEING A DEAD-END TO A CUT THROUGH. THEY REQUESTED A STOP SIGN WARRANT STUDY. THIS ONE I DID NOT HAVE TO HIRE OUT, I WAS ABLE TO GO EVALUATE AND REALIZES THERE IS A THREE WAY STOP WITH A FOURTH WAY THAT STATE OPEN BECAUSE THAT SERVED JUST THE PEOPLE ON THE ONE LOOP ROAD, THE LOOP ROAD WAS CUT INTO CONNECT TO TIMES BOULEVARD AND BECAME A BACKDOOR WAY OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT INCREASE TRAFFIC TO THE POINT WE NEEDED TO ADD A FOURTH STOP SIGN. WE POSTED SIGNS AND INSTALLED THIS WEEK. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A STOP SIGN STUDY AT PINE RIDGE AND TINES AND A SIGNAL WARRANT STUDY AT THRASHER HORN DRIVE AND COLLEGE DRIVE. IF YOU SEE AN ISSUE, CALL THE LINE AND WE WILL LOOK AT IT.

>> MADAM CHAIR, NO RICHARD I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING PROACTIVE. THERE WAS A SITUATION IN MY DISTRICT LAST WEEK WHERE THERE WAS A CROSSWALK THAT EXISTED, JUST OVERTIME THE PAINT FADED AND I HAD A CONCERNED MOM REACH OUT AND TALKING ABOUT HOW KIDS HAVE ACROSS THIS SPEEDY PART OF EAGLE HARBOR. THE TEAM CAME OUT THEY PUT DOWN FRESH LINES AND SIGNAGE AND IT IS A MUCH SAFER SITUATION BY BEING PROACTIVE. SO WE

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. >> LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE WHICH I SHARED, US 17 RESURFACIG THAT WE DID , WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH D.O.T. THEY ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY ARE GOING TO WORK TONIGHT ON THE SIGNALS BETWEEN EAGLE HARBOR AND WATER OAK LANE TO THE SOUTH. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOME MOVEMENT, THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES IN SOME ELEVATIONS

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BOULEVARD WELLS ROAD THERE INSTALLING THE POLES FOR THE NEW SIGNALS. IT IS GOING SMOOTHLY. IT IS KIND OF A QUIET MURMUR WE ARE HEARING BUT NOBODY SHOUTING REALLY LOUD YET EXCEPT FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. ANY QUESTIONS INCLUDING D.O.T. UPDATE.

>> RICHARD, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE, EAGLE LANDING SAYS THANK YOU, THE PHOTO I SENT WAS PUBLISHED AND THEY WERE OVERWHELMINGLY GRATEFUL BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW AT THE INTERSECTION THE ROAD BECOMES TWO LANES AND A LOT OF FOLKS PARK ON THE ROAD. SO IT WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TOO LONG. YOU MOVED VERY QUICK AND THE

COMMUNITY IS VERY GRATEFUL. >> VERY RESPONSIVE SIGNED

DEPARTMENT. >> THEY ARE FANTASTIC.

[23.  Public Hearing on the adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2017-9, as amended by Ordinance No. 2023-22, which established the Wilford Preserve Community Development District in order to amend and expand the boundaries of the Wilford Preserve Community Development District and, contingent on the approval of this Ordinance, approval of a Quit Claim Deed conveying dedicated roads in the Cheswick South Plat to the Wilford Preserve Community Development District (C. Grimm)]

>> YES THEY ARE, THANK YOU. >> OKAY WE ARE PAST 5:00 SO MOVED TO 5:00 TIME CERTAIN ITEM NUMBER 23 WE WILL RETURN TO ITEM 19 AND FOLLOW LATER. ITEM NUMBER 23 PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE 2017-9 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 2023-22 WE HAVE VISITED THIS ONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WHICH ESTABLISHED THE WILFORD PRESERVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THEY WANT TO AMEND AND EXPAND BOUNDARIES OF THE PRESERVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL THE ORDINANCE APPROVAL OF QUITCLAIM D CONVEYING ROADS DEDICATED IN THE CHEST WITH SOUTH PLATTE TO

THE PRESERVE CDD. >> ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT HERE IS A PRESENTATION.

>> OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS WES HABER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF AND WE REPRESENT THE CDD WILFORD PRESERVE. I HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE I CAN ADDRESS COMMENTS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS MATTER. THE CDD IS A ALREADY EXISTING CDD ESTABLISHED IN 2017. PREVIOUSLY SOUGHT A BOUNDARY AMENDMENT WHICH WAS GRANTED . AT THE TIME THE BOUNDARY AMENDMENT WAS SOUGHT, THE AREA YOU ARE CONSIDERING NOW WAS NOT ADDED AND WE DID NOT SEEK TO ADD IT BECAUSE OF THE TIME. IS NOT INTENDED TO BE PART OF THE WILFORD PRESERVE COMMUNITY RATHER A FOR RENT , SEPARATE COMMUNITY ENTIRELY. AT A LATER DATE DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO DEVELOP THE AREA WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING. IN A DIFFERENT MANNER SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, PRIVATELY OWNED PART OF THE WILFORD PRESERVE COMMUNITY AND AS A RESULT WE ARE SEEKING TO ADD PROPERTY TO THE CDD SO IT IS PART OF ONE UNIFORM COMMUNITY.

THIS PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT THE CDD HAS BEEN THROUGH.

2017, 256 ACRES, WE THEN ADDED 86.55 NOW WE ARE SEEKING TO ADD 135.1, TOTAL ACREAGE OF 477.65. I CAN REPRESENT THIS WILL BE THE FINAL AMENDMENT. SO WE HAVE DONE ONE. AT THE TIME WE DEBATED ADDING ONE BUT BECAUSE OF RENTAL PROPERTY DIDN'T THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR CDD. THIS IS JUST A MAP SHOWING WHERE THE EXISTING CDD IS, OUTLINED IN YELLOW WITH THE EXPANSION PARCEL SHADED IN BLUE. THIS IS JUST THE CRITERIA THAT WE NEED TO SHOW WITH RESPECT TO WHY THE CDD IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. AND , LASTLY AS NOTED, WE RECEIVED CONSENT OF ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE AREA TO BE ADDED TO THE CDD WITH RESPECT TO THE AREA THAT ALREADY EXISTS, THIS CDD IS COMPRISED OF THREE DEVELOPER BOARD MEMBERS, TWO RESONANT BOARD MEMBERS. THAT

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I THINK THERE WAS A MENTION THAT THE TRUSTEE OWNS PROPERTY AROUND THE CDD. THAT WOULD BE PURELY COINCIDENTAL. THE TRUSTEE IS A BANK, PERHAPS THEY FORECLOSED ON PROPERTY AROUND THE CDC, THE CDD NEVER CONVEYED PROPERTY TO THE TRUSTEE AND THAT WOULD BE UNRELATED TO THE CDD'S EXISTENCE. I MENTIONED ABOUT THE EXISTING RESIDENTS AND LASTLY PRESENTLY THE COUNTY OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADWAYS WITHIN THE PARCEL TO BE ADDED TO THE CDD, THE CDD OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADWAYS WITHIN ITS BOUNDARY, SHOULD THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED THE CDT HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT THE ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CHESWICK PORTION TO BE ADDED TO THE CDD AND THOSE ROADWAYS WOULD BECOME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CDD REMOVING THE OBLIGATION FOR THE COUNTY. WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> CONCERNING TRUSTEE DOES THAT

POSITION GO AWAY? >> WHEN THE BONDS ARE PAID IN FULL THE TRUSTEE POSITION WOULD GO AWAY.

>> THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS , GEOGRAPHIC POSITION LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT FROM THE ORIGINAL CDD.

>> THAT'S CORRECT, THE ORIGINAL IS YOUR DISTRICT AND THE PROPERTY TO BE ADDED IS IN COMMISSIONER COMPERE DISTRICT.

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>> COINCIDENTAL. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, A FITNESS CENTER IN THE NEW AMENDED CDD, WHAT IS IN THE ORIGINAL ?

>> BOTH CDD'S WILL HAVE POOLS, I THINK THEY HAVE DOG PARKS, THERE ARE PLAYGROUNDS AND PLAY AREAS. THE BENEFIT OF HAVING MULTIPLE POOLS OWNED BY ONE CDD IS REALLY FOR PROGRAMMING YOU CAN HAVE ONE POOL THAT IS MORE PROGRAMMED FOR CHILDREN WHILE ANOTHER THAT'S MORE ADULT ORIENTED WHEREAS IN THIS CASE IF YOU HAD THE HOA OWNING THE POOL AND FACILITIES THAT WERE SEEKING TO ADD AND THE CDD OWNING THE AMENITIES IN THE AREA WITHIN THE CDD YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF COHESION AND , AND EFFICIENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION OF THOSE AMENITY FACILITIES BUT YES IN ADDITION THE FACILITY WE LOOK TO ADD HAS A FITNESS FACILITY THAT THE EXISTING CDD FACILITIES DO NOT

HAVE. >> THE LAST OBSERVATION OR COMMENT IS I THINK ALL 82 HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AMENDED CDD HAVE APPROVED?

>> THEY HAVE SIGNED CONSENT, WHICH CONSENT HAS BEEN RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED DISCLOSURES ASSESSMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH THE CDD.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SECRET I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT CDD'S, I HAVE ONE IN MY DISTRICT AND IT OPERATES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IT SEEMS. HOW, DO YOU WILL PUT THEM ON THE BALLOT WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS WHEN THE SEATS ARE

COMING OPEN? >> THE CDD HAS OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANNOUNCING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE VACANCIES COMING UP IN A YEAR. THE CDD THEN ADOPTS RESOLUTION WHICH GETS PROVIDED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF CLAY COUNTY IDENTIFYING THE C2 THAT'S VACANT, THE SAME WAY ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD QUALIFY FOR ANY OTHER POLITICAL SEAT .

MEMBERS OR RESIDENTS CAN GO TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IN CLAY COUNTY, QUALIFY FOR A SEAT AND IF ONLY ONE PERSON QUALIFIES THEY WIN THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE BALLOT IF TWO OR MORE QUALIFY FOR THE SEAT THEN THERE IS A SPECIAL BALLOT MADE FOR ONLY THE CDD AND MEMBERS OF THE CDD WILL VOTE FOR THE RESIDENT ON THAT

SEAT. >> OKAY BECAUSE I WORKED CANVASSING BOARD AT THE LAST ELECTION SO I SAW SOME PEOPLE HAD CDD MEMBERS ON THE BALLOTS AND OTHERS DIDN'T. I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED AFTER WHAT COMMISSIONER RENNINGER TOLD US ABOUT HOW THIS CROSSES COMMISSION DISTRICT LINES AND THE FACT YOU HAVE TWO SEATS COMING OPEN IN 2026 PROVIDED THIS PASSES TODAY , THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH NOTIFICATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WHILE THEY VOTE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM NEXT NOVEMBER IF TWO PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR THE SEATS SO ASSUME THEY ARE ON THE BALLOT. SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS WOULD HAVE A COMMISSION SEAT TO VOTE FOR ON THE BALLOT AND SOMEONE NOT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION DISTRICTS ARE IN OPPOSITE YEARS AS WELL JUST LIKE YOUR DISTRICTS OR YOUR SEATS FILL UP. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT IT WOULD BE CONVEYED YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE ALL QUALIFIED. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ACROSS THE STREET.

>> THE QUALIFICATIONS SORRY THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ON THE CDD BOARD IS EXCLUSIVELY BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY OF THE CDD WITH A RELATION TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE DISTRICT FOR EACH OF YOU. SO EVERYONE IN THE CDD WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR BOUNDARIES THE SAME NOTICE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

IF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE SEAT WHAT YOU WILL OFTEN SEE IS SIGNAGE AND THEY WILL CAMPAIGN FOR THE SEATS SO THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF NOTICE IF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR

ONE OF THE SEATS. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT I WILL OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HELENA YOU CAN COME UP.

>> REALIZE THIS WAS TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, THAT IS CRAZY TO BE IN TWO AREAS OF THAT, BUT YES, WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE , THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS 100% ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD BE

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SO WE HAVE PHASE THIS, THIS, THIS, WHEN THE NEW BOND COMES IN ITS ONLY CERTAIN HOMES THAT GET ASSESSED THE MONEY. HOW IS THIS ONE WORKING BECAUSE IS IT GOING TO AFFECT OTHER RESIDENTS? DIFFERENT THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU ALL ARE EVALUATING. AS FAR AS A TRUSTEE IN THE LAND IT WAS COINCIDENTAL NOT SAYING IT WAS OWNED BY THEM AND I CANNOT SEE FURTHER THE SALES BUT ANYTIME I SEE TRUSTEE STOP BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER LEGAL HILLS AND A TRY TO PUT IT IN SOMEBODY'S TRUST OUR CONSERVATION LAND IT IS A RED FLAG FOR ME SO THANK YOU FOR THE RESEARCH YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DO AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND I WILL BE LISTENING ONLINE THANK YOU.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR EMOTION AND

DISCUSSION. >> HAVE A QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY. HEY WES , CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? SO IT IS HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF WADE THROUGH THIS WITH CONTENTIONS THAT HELENA IS MAKING. WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND CANDIDLY WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS BEFORE I DO NOT TAKE EXCEPTION WITH CDD MERELY BECAUSE OF HISTORY, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST BEFORE THAT YOU HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE WHO WOULD BE ASSESSED HAVE ALREADY GIVEN CONSENT WHICH HAS BEEN MY BIGGEST OBJECTION. EVERY TIME I HAVE A CONVERSATION I DON'T CARE THAT IT IS IN YOUR STACK OF DOCUMENTS WHEN YOU ARE BUYING A HOME THAT YOU HAVE DISCLOSED TO THE HOMEOWNER THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME, BUT MORE THAN THAT CDD'S ARE DECIDED WELL BEFORE HOMEOWNERS COMING. SO WE EFFECTIVELY IS A GOVERNMENT DECIDE TO CREATE AN INTERNAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

HOWEVER, WHAT I'M LOOKING TO PIN DOWN IS WHETHER THE RESIDENCE, WHEN YOU DREW CONSENT FROM THEM WHERE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ASSESSMENT THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THEM OR WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WAS YOUR METHOD OF

OBTAINING CONSENT? >> EACH HOMEOWNER OR RESIDENT WITHIN THE AREA TO BE ADDED TO THE CDD WAS IN ADDITION TO SIGNING CONSENT INCLUDED THAT THEY CONSENT TO THE CDD BEING ESTABLISHED OVER THE PROPERTY WAS GIVEN A DOCUMENT THEY SIGNED THAT EXPLAINED THERE WOULD BE AN ASSESSMENT IMPOSED AND LEVIED AGAINST THEM FOR A TERM OF 30 YEARS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT, PLUS THE OM ASSESSMENT.

>> WHAT WAS THE MECHANISM USED TO OBTAIN CONSENT?

>> I BELIEVE EACH CLOSING THERE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE SIGNED IS ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS BEING CONSENT INCLUDED TO SHOW THEY CONSENT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT OVER THEIR PROPERTY. THE OTHER EXPLAINING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THE CDD INTENDS TO DO AS IT RELATES TO THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL BE

LEVIED BY THE CDD. >> MAYBE I NEED TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY. FOR THOSE WHO THE CDD WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD THE 182 PARCELS TO , THAT CDD, DID YOU HAVE TO OBTAIN CONSENT FROM THOSE WHO ARE

ALREADY WITHIN THE CDD? >> NO THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT SO ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS THE EXISTING BOARD APPROVED A BOUNDARY AMENDMENT AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS EXPENDING WHERE WE

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FACILITY. >> YOU SAID YOU DO NOT ANTICIPATE A LARGE INCREASE , IS THAT ON THE PRE-EXISTING CDD

HOMEOWNERS? >> THE EXISTIN CDD HOMEOWNERS.

HAVE A DEBT ASSESSMENT AND O&M ASSESSMENT THEY ARE ALREADY PAYING. SO AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITION OF THIS PROPERTY, THEY WILL NOT BE GETTING ANYTHING ADDED TO THAT OTHER THAN THE STORM WATER PONDS , THESE ROADWAYS IF THE DISTRICT ACCEPTS, THE AMENITY FACILITY WILL BE ADDED , BUT ALSO THESE HOMES WILL BE ADDED TO SHARE THE COST OF THAT. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT ALL OF THE UNITS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL SHARE IN THE COST OF OPERATING, OWNING AND MAINTAINING ALL OF THE CDD IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AND ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IT OWNS. AS I SAID I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THE MATH, BUT IT MAY RESULT IN A DECREASE BECAUSE YOU ARE SPLITTING AMONG A LARGER GROUP OF HOMES. BUT THERE WILL NOT BE, CERTAINLY THERE WON'T BE ADDITIONAL DEBT. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE DEBT ASSESSMENT BONDS SO THE ADDITION OF THIS PROPERTY WOULD RESULT ONLY IN BONDS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING NOW.

>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY. IT REALLY DOES, BUT YOU CANNOT VERIFY FOR ME THAT THERE WILL NOT BE AN INCREASE AND IT IS NOT TO THE BOND ISSUE BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT THAT FIGURE IS FIXED, THEY HAVE AGREED TO THAT. TO POSITION FOR US THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCREASE FOR THESE AMENITIES THAT ARE COMING , STORM WATER , IT MAY DECREASE WHAT SPENDING , WHAT MAKES ME A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS IS YOU HAVE GOT TWO MEMBERS ON YOUR CDD CURRENTLY WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT IN THE MAJORITY AND THE RUB FOR ME IS THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN CDD IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION IT WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCREASE, YOU CANNOT GUARANTEE THEY WON'T JUST BECAUSE OF THIS

ANNEX. >> IF IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO GET A NO VOTE. WE HAVE AN EXISTING BUDGET AND WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE ADDED AND WE CAN DO THE MATH. AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DEFINITIVE REPRESENTATION AT LEAST A BUDGET CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR THE SAME WAKE COUNTY BUDGET CHANGES. I COULD MAKE A DEFINITIVE REPRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS, WHETHER IT IS A DECREASE , ROUGHLY STAY THE

SAME OR THE LEVEL OF INCREASE. >> YEAH, JUST GIVEN THE CONTENT AND I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING , I DID NOT EVEN FACTOR IN THE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COME UP HERE TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT WHILE IT IS MY DISTRICT THAT'S IMPLICATED COMMISSIONER RENNINGER DISTRICT INITIATED. THIS ENTIRE PROJECT , SO I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, TO KNOW THAT THOSE WHO LIVE IN MY DISTRICT WITHIN THE CDD IS NOT SEEING AN INCREASE AND THAT'S REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IF YOU CAN POSITION

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>> I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CDD. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INCREASE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FROM O&M IT HAS FLATLINED THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE HAVE SOLID PROPOSALS AND VENDORS AND WE DON'T SEE THIS LINE ITEM WILL INCREAS THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30. NOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS IF WE DO SEE INCREASE IT WILL BE IN VENDOR PRICING BUT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THIS FLATLINED SO THIS YEAR THERE IS NO INCREASE AT ALL ON THE BUDGET. YEAR-TO-YEAR FROM 24 TO 25 TO 26.

>> OKAY THAT'S HELPFUL. >> GO AHEAD.

>> TO ME, IF YOU HAVE MORE RESIDENCE JOINING , SPLITTING BETWEEN MORE PEOPLE IT WOULD BE LESS, THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT

WOULD BE . >> THAT IS CORRECT AND THAT'S WHY I SAID WE COULD ANTICIPATE SEEING IT GO DOWN, BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR EXAMPLE THE ROADWAYS ARE NOT IN OUR BUDGET SO WHEN WE LOOK AT RESERVES THE OVERALL BUDGET COULD GO UP WHICH WOULD INCREASE AN ASSESSMENT BUT BECAUSE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOMES OVER WHICH THE AMOUNT WILL BE SPREAD IS GOING TO INCREASE, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED WHICH IT HAS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR SO YES.

>> THAT IS IN THEORY. IN THEORY, YOU SPREAD THE , YOU SPREAD THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE ASSESSMENT , BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ASSUMING THE ROAD, MAINTENANCE IS EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ASSUMING STORM WATER THAT IS A SENSITIVE -- EXPENSIVE. WE CANNOT APPLY THEORY IN A CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN PRACTICE COULD VERY WELL BE DIFFERENT.

>> IT IS NOT A THEORY 100% IF THE PROPERTY IS ADDED TO THE CDD. EVERYONE WILL BE ASSESSED FOR IT SO IT IS NOT THEORETICAL.

>> WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE THEORY I AM APPLYING IS MORE HOMES ARE SPREADING THE COST. SO IF MORE HOMES ARE SPREADING THE COST THAT IT MAKES SENSE IT WOULD STAY AND STAND TO REASON NOBODY IS SEEING AN INCREASE BUT THE FACTOR I AM WEIGHING HEAVILY IS WHAT EXACTLY ARE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE CDD GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WITH EXPENSES. AGAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ROADS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STORM WATER, THEY ARE NOT CHEAP, IT IS NOT A SMALL AMENITY CENTER, LIKE THOSE ARE

NOT SMALL BUDGET ITEMS. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTE IS ABSENT THE CDD, THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE LIKELY TO BE OWNED BY A HOA, THE HOA COULD BE OVER THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE PART THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE CDD MASTER HOA DOES NOT NEED TO BE CO-TERMINAL OR THE SAME BOUNDARY AS THE CDD WHICH MEANS PEOPLE IN THE EXISTING CDD MAY EXPERIENCE INCREASE IN THE HOA FEE AND IF THE HOA OWNS AN AMENITY FACILITY IN A STORM WATER POND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OFFERED IS THE SAME BENEFIT THAT THE COUNTY HAS WHICH IS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. IF SOMEONE GOT FOR BID GETS INJURED IN THE AMENITY FACILITY OR IN A STORM WATER POND THE LIABILITY FOR THAT WOULD BE SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BY VIRTUE OF A MASTER HOA WHICH MASTER HOA WOULD NOT HAVE BENEFIT OF THE SOVEREIGN UNITY AND IF THE CDC -- CDD OWNS THE FACILITY THE BENEFIT THAT NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WOULD EXPERIENCE THAT BENEFIT BECAUSE THE CDD OWNS THE IMPROVEMENTS AND AS A RESULT THE COMMUNITY WILL GET THE BENEFIT OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. LIKEWISE THE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC RECORDS, THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, EVERYTHING THE CDD OFFERS THAT THE HOA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER BUT THE HOA WILL HAVE THE SAME ABILITY TO INCREASE EVERYONE'S ASSESSMENT THE HOA ASSESSMENT IN THE PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY NOT WITHIN THE EXPANDED AREA. WHETHER CDD OR HOA I THINK THERE IS IF THEY EXPERIENCE INCREASE THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE INCREASE NOT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF THE PROPERTY TO THE

COMMUNITY. >> THAT'S A FAIR POINT.

>> I'M TRYING HARD TO REMEMBER MY QUESTION. THIS DEVELOPMENT , THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN? THE NEW AREA?

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>> THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES. ONE ON GOLDEN EYE DRIVE AND THEN

FURTHER TO THE WEST. >> RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AREA YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD?

>> CORRECT AND ROADS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED.

>> WHICH IS EXPENSIVE FOR THE COUNTY. SO DEFINITELY NOT CHEAP FOR THE COUNTY. ANOTHER REASON WHY CDD WOULD BE TAKING OVER THE ROADS AND TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAD. I DO KNOW THAT IN YOUR DISTRICT THE CDD YOU HAVE NOW RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN OVER I LEARNED FROM THE LAST THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE RESIDENCE IT IS A RESIDENT BOARD THEY HAVE INCREASED IT SO ALARMINGLY MUCH SO IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER IF DEVELOPERS ARE RESIDENTS ARE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE IT CAN GO UP AN ASTOUNDING AMOUNT. EVEN IF IT

IS RESIDENCE. SO, ANYWAY. >> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

>> THIS FOLLOWS UP WITH COMMISSIONER BURKE COMMENTS ABOUT THE ROAD, THIS SUBDIVISION IS UNDER SUBDIVISION SO IT WILL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT YEAR IT WAS NOT AT THE POINT FOR THIS YEAR'S ROLE BUT IT WILL BE COMING NEXT YEAR AND THOSE RESIDENTS, IF THE ROADS ARE NOT DEDICATED OR NOT TAKEN BACK OVER BY THE CDD AS DEDICATED BY THE COUNTY THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE ASSESSED FOR MAINTENANCE. THROUGH THE MSPU.

>> A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO WITH THE ADDITION OF THE LANDMASS HOW MANY NEW HOMES WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CDD?

>> 232. >> NEXT DO YOU HAVE THE BALLPARK NUMBER FOR HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE ADDED ?

>> ALWAYS REMAINS FIVE BOARD MEMBERS REGARDLESS THE SIZE OF

THE DISTRICT. >> STILL FIVE.

>> YES FIVE, TWO RESIDENCE IN 2026 THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THE ENTIRE CDD WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE BOARD. THESE 232 WHILE THE SAME RATE OF EXISTING LOANS TO BE ELECTED ON THE BOARD.

>> WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF NOTIFICATION FOR THOSE 232, THAT THEY WOULD BE GETTING BROUGHT INTO THE CDD, WHAT DOES THE

PROCESS LOOK LIKE? >> SO EACH OF THEM SIGNED DOCUMENTS THAT I MENTIONED. THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE CDD BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE THEIR HOMES. ASSUMING IT GETS APPROVED, ANY ASSESSMENT THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY, THEY WILL GET A MAILED NOTICE TO THE HOME LETTING THEM KNOW WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COMMENT ON THE ASSESSMENT. THERE WILL BE NOTICES IN THE NEWSPAPER AND DOCUMENTS RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS AS IT RELATES TO THE NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT THAT WILL GET AMENDED TO SHOW THE EXPANDED BOUNDARY. SO THERE'S BOTH MAILED, PUBLISHED AND OFFICIAL RECORD DOCUMENTATION OF THE

EXPANSION. >> I DON'T HAVE A MAP OF WHERE IT IS THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN THE MAP SO ARE THEY CURRENTLY IN , ARE THEY CURRENTLY IN THE HOA FOR THE AREA OR IS IT

>> I BELIEVE THE HOA COVERS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BUT THE CDD DOESN'T THE DEVELOPER CONTROLS THE BOUNDARY OF THE HOA THE CDD AS YOU KNOW WE NEED TO PETITION YOU SO, THIS AREA IS NOT WITHIN THE CDD BUT IT IS WITHIN THE WILFORD PRESERVE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE MASTER HOA FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> NOT ALL 232 HAVE BEEN BUILT. YOU POINTED OUT ?

>> 82 TO 32. SO YOU DO THE MATH, THE RESIDUAL WHO HAD NOT BEEN BUILT , WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK AT A HOUSE THEY WOULD SAY JUST SO YOU

KNOW THIS IS A CDD. >> MUCH MORE IN THE TRADITIONAL MODEL YOU GET THE CDD BEFORE YOU HAVE HOMES IN THE CDD.

>> FOR ME , THE BIG THING IS IN A CDD COMMUNITY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR IT IF YOU DON'T YOU SHOULD READ YOUR DOCUMENTS WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE. AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT A BIG CHUNK, THEY WOULD MOVE IN AFTER THE FACT. SO FOR THE 82 THAT IS

AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. >> AS I MENTIONED THOSE 82

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>> ANYONE NOT SIGN IT? >> THEY WANTED TO MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THEY WOULD BE

WITHIN THE CDD. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT I

WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> IT WILL MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE CDD FOR THE WILFORD PRESERVE.

>> MOTION AND SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 4-1.

[24.  First Public Hearing to consider adoption of ZON 25-00026 (District 4, Condon) (J. Bryla)]

>> THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A , THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR ADOPTION OF A REZONING , BUT WE DO NEED TO BE SWORN IN. SO IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 24 IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 24?

>> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONIAL ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING

BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? >> THANK YOU. WE ARE AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ZONE 25-00026 IN MY DISTRICT THIS IS ADMINISTERED A REZONING REQUEST TO REZONE SIX PROPERTIES FROM AG TECH AGRICULTURE RESIDENTIAL. JENNY.

>> THANK YOU CHAIR. AS YOU SAID THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING , THE SECOND IS SLATED FOR THE 28TH WHICH I KNOW YOU WON'T BE HERE DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?

>> IT'S PROBABLY FINE BUT IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT'S FINE. WE CAN GO AHEAD.

>> THIS IS AN ADMINISTERED A REZONING SIX PARCELS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 8.25 ACRES THIS CHANGE IS REQUESTED AS ONE OF THE LOTS CURRENTLY VACANT AND WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNBILLABLE PER THE ZONING CODE. THE PARCELS ARE IN COMMISSIONER CONDON DISTRICT AT THE WEST END OF CARTER SPENCER ROAD.

THE PROPERTIES CURRENTLY HAVE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL BUT ARE IN THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT.

THIS COMBINATION OF LAND USE AND ZONING REQUIRES THE DENSITY OF ONE HOME PER 20 ACRES. ALL OF THESE LOTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 ACRES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THESE SIX LOTS. SO, PER THE STATUTE, STAFF SENT NOTICE TO SEVEN PROPERTY OWNERS AFTER WHICH ONE OF THE LANDOWNERS OPTED OUT OF THE CHANGE. THIS CHANGE WOULD MAKE ALL OF THE LOTS CONFORMING WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ADD ON TO THE PROPERTIES AND ADD ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ONES ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WE SET TO ALL SEVEN OF THOSE AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS ON THE APPLICATION. SO, THE FINDINGS WERE FOR THESE PARCELS TO BECOME CONFORMING PARCELS AND OF THE SIX SLOTS ONLY ONE IS VACANT. SO THIS CHANGE WOULD MAKE THE LOT BUILDABLE AND THE OTHERS COULD IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTIES. THIS WIZARD BY MIDDLEBURG CLAY HILLS SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 15 AND THEY VOTED 9-0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THIS ITEM WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 7 AND THEY PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION OF 6-0. BASED ON THE ANALYSIS IN THE REPORT STAFF HAS DETERMINED THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPANY INTO PLAN AND THE INTENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND SURROUNDING YEARS THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ZONING 25 00 26 TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP 8.25 ACRES.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNY? ALL RIGHT. SHOULD I DO COMMUNICATION

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PEOPLE? >> I SPOKE TO A PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL AS A A PRIVATE RESIDENT WHO DOES NOT OWN THE PARCEL THAT WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

>> I HAD ONE RESIDENT CALL ME. >> ALL RIGHT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS CHARLIE WHEELER , 1471 SCARLET WAY . I AM THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE PARCELS IN QUESTION AND I AM BASICALLY IN SUPPORT OF IT BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THE PROPERTY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET BACK TO THE BOARD. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND EARLIER WHEN JENNY ASKED ABOUT CONTINUING IT TO NOVEMBER 10 OR

DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE? >> ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR PROPERTY OWNER TO OPT OUT? DO WE KNOW?

>> SHE DID NOT SAY, SHE JUST SAID SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE

CONSIDERED. I ACCEPTED THAT. >> SHE HAS HORSES ON THE PROPERTY SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT MIGHT BE WHY.

>> AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DOES ALLOW FOR HORSES .

>> SHE MAY HAVE HAD MORE BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY HAVE FOUR ANIMALS AND I THINK SHE HAS MORE THAN FOUR.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> THANK YOU. SO IT WILL BE VOTED ON, THE 28TH. LET'S SEE.

[19.  Active & Upcoming Formal Solicitations (K. Smith)]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE BIDS WE HAVE OUT ADVERTISED NOW AND UNDER REVIEW AND THEN THE BIDS COMING UP THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIST BUT THE CONSERVATION LAND MANAGEMENT SERVICES WE HAVE FOUR PROPOSALS BEING REVIEWED FIRE STATION 24 SITE CLEARING WE HAD ONE BID OPEN LAST WEEK THAT'S UNDER REVIEW I WAS 12 COMPANIES THAT ATTENDED THE REBID ONLY RECEIVING ONE BID THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD SOON. AND SECURITY GATE AND CARD READERS FROM THE CLAY COUNTY JAIL WE HAD FOUR ATTENDING THE PRE-BID AND WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE WHICH SHOULD BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA. THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER WE HAD FIVE PROPOSALS BEING REVIEWED SO THAT MIGHT BE EARLY NOVEMBER. THE MOODY PARK NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN WE HAVE THREE BIDS UNDER REVIEW SO THAT WILL COME TO THE BOARD SOON. TRAFFIC BAY SIGNAL THEY ARE DUE BACK OCTOBER 28. THE BIDS WE HAVE COMING UP THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH DEPARTMENTS. I BRIEFED THIS LAST BOARD MEETING THE CONTINUING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR DESIGN SERVICES WILL BE GOING OUT SHORTLY. WE PLAN TO BRING IN FOUR OR FIVE FIRMS UNDER THAT BID. THE TILE REPLACEMENT AT THE CLAY COUNTY JAIL WE ARE WORKING ON THAT SCOPE NOW IS STAFFED SO

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WORKING ON THAT NOW D.O.T. HAS TO VIEW THE REBID BEFORE WE RELEASE SO THAT'S GOING OUT NEXT MONTH. FIRE ALARM UPGRADES AT THE CLAY COUNTY JAIL SHOULD BE GOING OUT SOON AND DEBRIS REMOVAL. THAT IS NO CERTAIN ORDER JUST WORKING ON IT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> QUESTIONS FOR KAREN. THANK YOU, KAREN. GOOD INFORMATION.

[20.  Discussion to designate a County Road in honor of Charlie Kirk]

SO, I HAD A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS SAY TO ME OF ALL AGES THAT THEY REALLY COME OUTSIDE OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS HAD NOT HAD A DEATH IMPACT THEM THE WAY THAT CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION REALLY HAD IMPACTED THEM AND I KNOW WE ALL KNOW, BUT HE HAD THE COURAGE TO ENCOURAGE DEBATE, DIALOGUE , DISCUSSION AND DIFFERING IDEAS. YOU KNOW THAT'S THE EPITOME OF A GOOD CIVIL SOCIETY AND I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL SO WHAT I ASKED STAFF ABOUT WAS THE RENAMING OF COLLEGE DRIVE. SO SINCE THEN, WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A BILL FILED IN THE LEGISLATURE BY A HOUSE MEMBER AND HE HAS ASKED THAT THERE BE A ROAD NAMED IN HONOR OF CHARLIE KIRK, FOR ALL OF THE STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO WHAT MY PROPOSAL FOR US TONIGHT AND IT IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BUT MY PROPOSAL IS TO TAKE COLLEGE DRIVE AND DO A CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY AT EITHER END OF COLLEGE DRIVE. AND THEN AND YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR BACKUP YOU HAVE A MAP, THERE IS A UNNAMED , CURRENTLY A UNNAMED ROAD AT ST. JOHN'S RIVER STATE COLLEGE AND THE ONE GOING NORTH ON COLLEGE DRIVE JUST PASSING OLD JENNINGS IS THE RIGHT TURN INTO THE COLLEGE AND IT GOES ARUND THE CLASSROOM BUILDINGS AND WINDS TO THE BACK AND INTERSECTS WITH A NEWLY NAMED THRASHER HORN AVENUE. SO LIKE I SAID CURRENTLY UNNAMED SO MY PROPOSAL IS THE HISTORICAL OR THE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY BROWN SIGNS AT THE END OF COLLEGE DRIVE. WE NAMED THIS UNNAMED DRIVE CHARLIE KIRK AVENUE WHICH DEAN IS HERE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS BUT THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SUFFIXES THAT IT COULD BE NAMED AND THEN SO MY ASK WOULD BE WE DO THE TWO OF THOSE AND THAT WE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ON THE NAMING OF THE UNNAMED ROAD UNTIL CHARISSE STEWART ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER STATE COLLEGE BOARD AND THEY HAVE A BOARD MEETING TOMORROW SO PROVIDED THE BOARD WOULD AGREE WE WOULD NAME THIS ROAD THAT IS ON THE CAMPUS THAT IT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO. THE REASON THAT I WOULD WANT THEM TO PROVE IT ONE BECAUSE I RESPECT THEIR WISHES AS A BOARD, BUT SECONDLY, THE COLLEGE THEMSELVES WOULD GET A NEW ADDRESS, BUT NO ONE ELSE WOULD SO CURRENTLY THE COLLEGES ADDRESS IS ON COLLEGE DRIVE. AND THEN DEAN SAID THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU BUT THIS ACTUALLY COULD BE BETTER FOR THE COUNTY FROM AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE STANDPOINT BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE COLLEGE HAS ONE ADDRESS SO IF THEY CALL 911 THEY HAVE ONE ADDRESS. THEY CANNOT DIFFERENTIATE A BUILDING , BUT THIS WOULD ENABLE THEM TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE COLLEGE CAMPUS AND SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY

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SO WITH THAT I WILL STOP TALKING.

>> I GUESS A QUESTION FOR HOWARD FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY SIGN IS THAT A STATE INITIATIVE, COUNTY

INITIATIVE? >> IT COULD BE EITHER BUT IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE THE DESIGNATOR FROM THE BOARD.

>> USUALLY THE SIGNS ARE ALL ALIKE SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO WHEN YOU SEE A MEMORIAL SIGNED I DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS JUST

STATE. >> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ?

>>

>> THE LEONARD PARKWAY IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT IS A STATE ROAD SO IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME BUT IT WILL BE CLOSE.

>> I AM DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THE MEMORIAL SIGN. I THINK THE COLLEGE ONE IS BIGGER, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS NEED TO BE HAD IN TERMS OF OPERATION OF COLLEGE AND THAT COULD AFFECT A LOT OF THINGS WITH THEM SO THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ON BOARD FOR THE MEMORIAL SIGNS I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

>> JUST AS AN ASIDE , THE COLLEGE CHANGED THE PEORIA CEMETERY ROAD TO THRASHER HORN , THEY MADE THE CHANGE SO I THINK , AND ALSO THE LEGISLATURE DESIGNATED THAT ROAD TO BE THE CHARLIE KIRK ROAD SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS BILL FROM THE

HOUSE IS GOING. >> WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT PICKENS AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO CHANGE THRASHER HORN AVENUE. THERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT. AND HE PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT NO ONE THE BILL SPONSOR NOR HIS STAFF WHO MOST LIKELY WROTE THE BILL NOBODY HAD CONTACT FOR ANY OF THE STATE COLLEGES SO SOMEBODY LOOKED AT A GOOGLE MAP AND PICK THE ROADS AND SO THE GOOGLE MAP WAS NOT UPDATED AND WE RENAMED THE THRASHER HORN AVENUE WE TALKED WITH MERCER ABOUT IT AND THERE IS A BELIEF THAT WITH OUR STATE DELEGATION THEY EXPECT THE BILL TO GET A SENATE SPONSOR SO THEY EXPECT A COMPANION BILL AND EXPECT MODIFICATIONS FROM ALL THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS A ROAD NAMED FOR IT NOT SPECIFICALLY WHICH ONE. PRESIDENT PICKENS HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH US HE KNOWS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND HE EXPRESSED TO ME BETWEEN THE SEVEN BETWEEN DELEGATION MEETING AND TONIGHT HE EXPRESSED TO ME PERSONALLY THAT HE WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED US CHANGING IT TO THRASHER HORN AVENUE SO THAT WAS ON MY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS TO EXPRESS TO YOU BUT HE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THEY REALLY WANT, YOU KNOW AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT STANDPOINT IF YOU GO TO AN EVENT AT THRASHER HORN AND THE GPS TELLS YOU TO TAKE THRASHER HORN AVENUE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR MENTORS EXPECTED. SO THERE

PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT. >> IT NEVER MADE ANY SENSE.

PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MEMORIAL HIGHWAY AND ALL THAT BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO WAIT WE HAVE TIME TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO WHAT ST. JOHN'S RIVER WILL DO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE SKIS.

>> I FALL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. I FULLY SUPPORT AND I

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SO THE INITIAL PROPOSAL MAKES SENSE TO ME.

>> DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A MOTION WE WILL DO THE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY AND THEN MAYBE IF CHARISSE CAN TAKE IT TO THE

BOARD AND THEN COME BACK? >> FOR THE MEMORIAL WE DID IN THE PAST WE USUALLY HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT COMES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD WHERE YOU DO THE ACTUAL DESIGNATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE CONSENSUS AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK.

>> OKAY IS THAT GOOD WITH EVERYONE?

>> YOU WANT US TO BRING IT BACK ON THE 28TH OR WAIT?

>> WAIT UNTIL THE 10TH. >> IT IS OUR THING. EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT WE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THIS AND HONOR AND I THINK EVERYONE IS IN CONSENSUS WILL END UP WITH A ROAD NAMED CHARLIE KIRK ROAD THAT I WILL SEE A SIGN WHICH HOPEFULLY DOES NOT GET STOLEN RIGHT AWAY WE KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO STEAL SIGNS BUT AT ANY RATE WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE COLLEGE AND MAYBE BY THEN I WILL REACH OUT TO THE REPRESENTATIVE SAP OR MAYBE GARRISON ANYWAY I WILL REACH OUN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE IT'S GOING AND PRESIDENT PICKENS WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS WELL YOU KNOW HOW THE COLLEGE RESIDENTS ARE , THEY WANT TO PICK THE ROAD. AND IT IS A BIG DEAL SO AS DEAN EXPLAINED IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL BECAUSE , BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE DUPLICATE ROAD NAMES EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SOME DUPLICATE ROAD NAMES WE KNOW WHAT A HEADACHE THAT IS. SO DEAN WAS SAYING IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR ALL THE COLLEGES ONE, THEY HAVE TO RENAME BECAUSE IF WE RENAMED COMPLETELY COLLEGE DRIVE IT WAS 116 BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESSES AT ANY RATE AT THAT POINT THAT IS WHEN STAFF SAID WE HAVE A ROAD RIGHT HERE THAT IS NOT NAMED WHICH MAY MAKE THE MOST SENSE. IT INTERSECTS WITH COLLEGE DRIVE SO IT WILL HAVE THE SIGN RIGHT OUT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. STORMWATER UPDATE.

[21.  Countywide Stormwater Study Update (R. Smith)]

>> RICHARD SMITH COUNTY ENGINEER. HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT JONES EDMUNDS.

UPDATE ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT COUNTYWIDE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

PLAN STUDY. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WITH ME IS JUSTIN GREGORY IN CASE YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WE WILL BRING HIM IT IS A HELPED PUSH THIS ALONG ON YOUR LEVEL TRYING TO SEEK THE GOALS AND PUSHING THIS FORWARD TO COUNTIES GO DIRECTION WISE AND JUSTIN HAS LED SPECIFIC MODELING. AT THE BASE OF ANY PLAN WITH ABOUT WHY REDOING THE PLAN WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES SO WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THERE WITH YOU GUYS. STORMWATER SYSTEMS ARE REGULATED AND IT WILL GET MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING WITH REGULATIONS AS GROWTH CONTINUES AND AS YOUR WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS INCREASE WITH ST. JOHN'S RIVER MAP. WHICH IS BEING STUDIED AND LIKELY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL NUTRIENT LOAD COMING TO THE

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NEXT STEP IS TO USE A TOOL FOR ANALYSIS. WE LOOK AT VULNERABLE AREAS AND LEVEL OF SERVICE WHAT DOES THE COMPOUND SAY THE SYSTEM SHOULD DO, WHAT IS IT DOING AS WE RUN DESIGN EVENTS? WE LOOK AT THE WATER QUALITY CURRENT SYSTEMS AND WHERE WE THINK IT'S GOING TO GO WITH STAFF TO TALK ABOUT EROSION CONTROL USING THE MODEL TO LOOK FOR PLACES IN THE COUNTY WHERE DITCHES AND STREAMS HAVE HIGH VELOCITY, HIGH VELOCITY THIS LEADS TO EROSION THIS CAN BE WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AND A RESIDENT PROBLEM WHERE THEY HAVE PIPES AND YOU GET A PHONE CALL IS THERE WATER IN THE ROADWAY, THE PIPE IS CLOGGED SO THE ISSUES LEAD TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES FOR THE TEAM OR WATER QUALITY ISSUES. LAST WE DID A MAINTENANCE REVIEW , THE COUNTY OWNS MANY MANY ASSETS AND ALL OF THEM NEED MAINTENANCE SO THERE'S A LOT OF LITERATURE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP PUT A PROGRAM TOGETHER OF HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE WILL KEEP YOU ON SCHEDULE SO WE CAN GET OUT OF A CONSTANT REACTIVE APPROACH INTO A PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES. SO WITH THE ANALYSIS WE HAVE ACTION WHAT STEPS WE NEED THE CIP'S AND WHAT MAKES ALL MASTER PLANS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS CAN SEE AND BUY INTO COME THE FUNDING TO MAKE CHANGES HAPPEN. KINDA QUICKLY GOING THROUGH A FEW DETAILS STARTING WITH THE MODELING WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT MODELS BOTH THE COUNTYWIDE IN THE CENTER AND STORM ON THE

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>> ON THE MAP YOU WANT TO GO BACK ONE SLIDE IF YOU CAN. ON THE MAP THE KEY FOR IT, THE BLUE TRIANGLES , THE ORANGE SQUARES

WHAT ARE THOSE? >> MY APOLOGIES I THOUGHT IT WAS TO THE BOTTOM THOSE STARS REPRESENT THE LOCATION OF THE 10 PLUS CIP PROJECTS THOSE WERE SELECTED AND BECAME TO ABOUT 20 OR SO PROJECTS. WE ONLY PROVIDED 10 IN THE PLAN BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE 10 MOST COST BENEFIT POSITIVE AND RENEWED 10 AT 30 MILLION WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU GOING BEFORE YOU WOULD WANT TO REASSESS THE PLAN SO WE DID NOT WANT TO WASTE YOUR MONEY'S TO PLAN THINGS OUT THAT WOULD BE ON THE PLANNING HORIZON SO THAT'S WHAT THE STARS ARE. YOU GET TO THE BLUE TRIANGLES PLACES WE IDENTIFY POTENTIAL WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND I MENTIONED YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE B MAP AND THAT MAY CHANGE IN A COUPLE YEARS IT IS MY PREDICTION THAT IT WILL AND YOU OF A NEW LOAD AS WILL OTHERS. SO YOU WILL NEED TO LOOK AT WATER QUALITY PROJECTS AND IT IS NOT TO BE DONE TO STORMWATER, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS WITH NEW TEAM OPPORTUNITIES TO GET QUALITY CREDITS LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE PAST STORMWATER ONE OF THE OPTIONS IF YOU'RE DOING A STORMWATER CAPACITY PROJECT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE TO ADD WATER

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GAVE US. >> THIS QUESTION IS FOR ERIC.

YOU SENT OUT LIKE YOU SENT ME AN UPDATED LIST FROM A DISTRICT JUST MY DISTRICT $5 MILLION IS THAT IN THE 75 MILLION BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT? I ASSUME EVERYONE GOT THOSE LISTS .

>> IF I SAID 75 MILLION THAT'S MY MISTAKE IT 75 PROJECTS 20

MILLION. >> I PROBABLY HEARD YOU WRONG.

LOOK AT HIM SMILING. HE WOULD LIKE 75 MILLION. OKAY THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER I SAW YOU HAD A QUESTION.

>> CAN YOU ADDRESS THE MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE COLLECTING MONEY.

>> YES MA'AM THE STORMWATER UTILITY SITE THREE MUNICIPALITIES THAT EVERYONE OF YOU AS NEIGHBORS NUMBER ONE IS DOING ALL COUNTY CHARGING FIVE DOLLARS PER EQUIVALENT STORMWATER UNIT SO TYPICALLY THAT'S A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THEY WOULD THEN ASSESS KIND OF A LINEAR FEE TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS AREA. PER MONTH, YES MA'AM. SO PER MONTH $60 PER YEAR PER HOMEOWNER ON AVERAGE , SOME END UP WITH A LITTLE MORE, IF YOU HAVE A MANSION CONSIDERED BEYOND A TYPICAL LOT YOU MAY GET TWICE AND LIKE I SAID COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE AT A LINEAR SCALE BASED ON FIVE DOLLARS EQUATING TO DO THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS SO WALMART FOR EXAMPLE HAVE A LOT MORE THAN 3000 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS IN THE BUILDING SO THEY WOULD PAY FIVE DOLLARS FOR 3000 SQUARE FEET AND IT KEEPS GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AVERAGE. THE CITY WHERE WE SIT TODAY HAS A SYSTEM WITH WHICH THEY CHARGED ALL PARCELS $7.50 PER PARCEL TO COVER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM.

>> MATTER COMMERCIAL OR SIZE OR ANYTHING.

>> THE WAY I READ THE WEBSITE ALL PARCELS NO MATTER THE SIZE.

750 MAINTENANCE AND THEN CHARGE IMPROVED PROPERTIES $25 PER MONTH TO PUSH TOWARD CAPITAL PROJECTS , THE WAY EVERY THE LANGUAGE THAT IS MEANT TO BE THOSE IMPROVED COMPANIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INCREASING STORMWATER FLOW BEYOND HISTORIC.

SO YOU GET A BASE CHARGE AND A SURCHARGE IF YOU WILL.

>> 25 A MONTH? >> 25 A MONTH. IF YOU LOOK AT TOWN OF ORANGE PARK IN THE COUNTY THEY ARE CHARGING ALL EQUIVALENT STORMWATER UNITS $16.63 A MONTH. SO THERE'S IS KIND OF A BLEND OF THE TWO AND RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PAYS A DIFFERENT SCALE SIMILAR TO DUVAL COUNTY. IF YOU CONVERT THOSE BACK, IF I TOOK THE FEE STRUCTURE AND APPLIED IT TO COUNTY PARCELS, BACK OF THE ENVELOPE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE WE ROUNDED DOWN . THE NEW BALL METHOD CONVERTED TO CLAY COUNTY AND WOULD YIELD $5 MILLION A YEAR. GREEN COVE SPRINGS METHOD WOULD YIELD ABOUT $15 MILLION A YEAR, ORANGE PARK METHOD WOULD YIELD ABOUT 70 MILLION A YEAR SO TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE ABOUT WHAT A STRUCTURE MIGHT CONVERT TO IF YOU WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVALUATING ONE OF THE STEPS YOU WOULD DO IS RUN A LOT OF SIMULATIONS DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT TO MEET THE VARIOUS GOALS THE BOARD MAY HAVE, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT STAFF AND SAY WHAT'S THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY LIMITING BURDEN ON RESIDENTS TO GET A 5 MILLION A YEAR AND MAYBE BRING BACK THREE OPTIONS. OR YOU SAY WE CAN ONLY STOMACH UP TO $75 PER RESIDENT PER YEAR TELL US WHAT THE NUMBER WILL BE OKAY SO ONE VERSION WOULD BE SIX, ONE WOULD BE SEVEN SO YOU CAN EVALUATE FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU SENT THE COUNTY BENCHMARK TO BE. NEXT STEPS GOING DOWN THE STAFF IS WHAT FUNDING SOURCES WOULD BE , WHAT ARE OPTIONS AND WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL MODEL ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS.

>> WE NEED $5 MILLION JUST FOR MAINTENANCE WE ARE 20 MILLION IN THE HOLE HOW DO WE MAKE IT UP IF WE DON'T DO MORE THAN $5

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MILLION A YEAR? >> AGREED. RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE ABOVE FIVE BUT YOUR AT LESS THAN THREE SO WE KNOW IT DOES NOT GROW ON TREES THIS WILL COME FROM THE RATE PAYERS WITH A BALANCING ACT WITH OTHER PRIORITIES SO AGAIN THAT CAN BE PART OF THE STUDY WITH MANY COMMUNITIES THAT GO DOWN THE PATH START WITH ONE FEE INCREMENTING OVERTIME OTHERS GO STRAIGHT TO THE FEE THAT THEY CAN COLLECT ENOUGH TO MAKE AN IMPACT SO THEY CAN SAY WE HAD TO IMPOSE THIS ON YOU BUT WE DID THIS. THERE IS A DOWNSIDE TO SCALING IN WHICH COULD BE EVERYONE PAYS IN BUT IF YOU DON'T COLLECT MONEY TO DO A LOT THEY SAY WHAT AM I GETTING FOR IT SO THERE IS A BALANCING ACT MAKING SURE YOU GET ENOUGH TO SHOW IMPROVEMENTS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON THE ROADWAY PROGRAMS. NOT JUST A SLOW RAMPING WITH NEW FEES AND COST WITH NO REAL BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS SEE THOSE RATES AND ACTION WITH A TANGIBLE FOR TAT SO THAT IS THE BALANCING ACT. THAT IS REALLY THE WHOLE POINT OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY NOW WE'RE TALKING SCOPE AND CONCEPT.

>> TALKING ABOUT SAFETY WHICH IS THE MAIN PURPOSE AND THE AVENUE WHICH HAVE BEEN GOING TO EMERGENCY FUNDING WE ARE HEADED

IN THAT DIRECTION MORE AND MORE. >> YOU WILL PAY FOR THE PROJECTS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER EITHER AS EMERGENCY WHEN YOU GO TO RESERVES TO GET IT BECAUSE THE PIPE FAILS WE CAN WHITTLE AWAY AT THE LIST AND GET TO THAT PROACTIVELY AND NOT HAVE DISRUPTIONS AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PROACTIVE BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY CONTRACTORS KNOW THEY'VE GOT YOU OR IF YOU HAVE STAFF TIME THE PUSH AND OVERTIME WOULD HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT OR PIPES SO THE MORE PROACTIVE YOU CAN BE THE CHEAPER IT WILL END UP BEING.

>> THE COUNTY MANAGER COULD SIGN OFF BUT THERE WAS A STORMWATER FAILURE OF A 40-YEAR-OLD SYSTEM IN KEYSTONE THAT WE DID NOT KNOW WAS THERE AND IT FAILED, DAMAGED SOMEONE'S PROPERTY SO RISK MANAGEMENT HAD TO GET INVOLVED, THIS WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO.

>> SO WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THE MAP WITH ALL THE STARS AND SQUARES. IT DOES LOOK MORE TO THE NORTH SO WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR KEYSTONE WITH SEPTIC WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT FOR THEM TO HELP SOME OF THEM IS GOING TO BE COSTLY WHENEVER THEY HAVE TO REPLACE SEPTIC TANKS OR SEPTIC SYSTEMS.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE WITH FINANCIAL RATE CONSULTANTS THAT WOULD HELP YOU TO WRITE THE ORDINANCE IS FIGURING OUT A WAY TO INCORPORATE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN A BROAD SENSE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR POTENTIAL SEPTIC TANK IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF THE MAP AND YOU WILL HAVE FOLKS HAVE TO REPLACE SEPTIC TANKS WITH A MUCH BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE SEPTIC TANK GOING TO REDUCE A LOT OF THE NUTRIENT FLOW CASE IN POINT A TYPICAL CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC TANK THAT WE GREW UP KNOWING AND HAVING MAYBE SOME DOESN'T TRADE THOUSAND TO REPLACE THE NEWER THINGS REQUIRED TO GO AND CAN RANGE FROM 15 TO 20,000 REQUIRED TO GO AND CAN RANGE FROM $15-$20,000 SO TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND OBTAIN THE CREDIT THE NUTRIENT CREDIT THAT YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO WITH THE FINANCIAL COST IN THE CONSENT ORDER THAT IT WAS PUT A INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE RESIDENTS TO GO FORWARD AND BRING THE COST CLOSER TO THE CONVENTIONAL TANK TO ACCELERATE THAT PROCESS IF IT CAN BE DONE THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO BEAT THAT LOAD WHICH WILL LIKELY COME IN A YEAR OR TWO.

>> I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THE CREDITING. IN ORANGE PARK WE OWNED OUR OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND IF I RECALL $10 MILLION TO DEVELOP A ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO TREAT TO THE POINT WHERE WE GOT CREDITS WE EARNED CREDITS THAT WOULD APPLY TO STORMWATER. WE DON'T OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN CLAY COUNTY SO ARE THE CREDITS THEY

COULD HELP US WITH? >> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BUT ALSO HAVING SERVED THEM I BELIEVE ALL SYSTEMS ARE AT ADVANCE WASTE TREATMENT THAT IS TYPICALLY THE PROCESS UTILITIES GO THROUGH BRINGING NITROGEN LEVELS DOWN FROM 910 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER TO BELOW THREE. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO REGULATED LEVEL BELOW THAT TO GET TO SO THEY WILL LOOK AT

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>> THE SECOND COMMON DEALS WITH EMERGENCY MOODY AVENUE WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT FAILURE THIS YEAR I THINK IT WAS THIS YEAR. AND YOU KNOW PARDON ME? PAY ME NOW OR PAY ME MORE LATER. YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE STORMWATER PROBLEMS . WE ARE BUILT ON AN ISLAND. NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE STORMWATER PROBLEMS.

>> YOU ARE NOT ALONE THIS IS NOT NEW FLOATERS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHALLENGE AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF IS AGING OUT GETTING END OF LIFE SO EVEN IF IT IS FUNCTIONING YOU WILL HAVE COST BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO MORE LIKE FUNCTIOING FINE UNTIL ONE DAY IT DOES NOT BECAUSE IT BREAKS AND YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT SO THAT'S A NEW WRINKLE TO THIS VERSE IS FIRST DEVELOPED WITH FIFTY-YEAR ASSETS AND YOU SEE THE BIG BOOM IN FLORIDA A LOT OF ASSETS ARE REACHING THAT POINT IN ADDITION TO CAPACITY AND EROSION THAT CLOGS THE PIPE THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAN. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE

ITEMS. >> THESE LISTS FROM PUBLIC WORKS ARE KNOWN DEFICIENCIES. THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES WE DON'T KNOW

ABOUT YET. >> AND THE LIST IS DYNAMIC. THE LONGER WE WAIT THE BIGGER THE LIST WILL BECOME AS THINGS

CONTINUE TO AGE. >> SPEAKING OF TIDES MY HUSBAND AND I WENT OUT IN THE BOAT A LITTLE BIT AGO AND THE DOCK AT LAKE SHORE DRIVE IS COVERED UP SO HAD TO GO THROUGH WATER TO GET TO THE BOAT AND OF COURSE WE SEE THE TIDES ARE HIGHER AND TPO THE POOR LADY TALKING ABOUT THEY HAVE TO DO WORK TO THE BULKHEAD LIKE MAJOR MONEY AND ANY OF US IN THE WATER AREA, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH THAT EVENTUALLY. SO IT'S SCARY TO THINK ABOUT YOU CANNOT CONTROL THAT.

>> PART OF THE STUDY WE DID IN THE COUNTY HAS A GRANT FROM DEP TO DO THE NEXT STEP WHICH IS TO LOOK AT WHAT ADAPTATIONS CAN BE MADE WHAT IS A PLAN THAT DEALS WITH THE COASTAL EMPLOYMENT AND IN A COUNTY SYSTEM LIKE YOURS YOU NOT ONLY HAVE THE ISSUES AT THE COASTLINE BUT THE TIDE IS WHERE THE WATER GOES AND IF YOU RAISE IT UP THAT BACKS WATER UP TO THE CREEKS AND THE INFLUENCES SEEN FURTHER INLAND THAN MOST REALIZE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET A LARGE EVENT WHERE THE TIDES ARE HIGH AND THE RAIN CAME IN ONLY THREE INCHES IT HAD NOWHERE TO GO. YOU WILL SEE THAT A LOT IN HURRICANES ALL ABOUT WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN THE CYCLE AND WITH KING TIDES YOU CAN SEE FLOODING IMPACTS FURTHER INLAND AFTER MUCH SMALLER EVENTS SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE PLANNING TO IDENTIFY OTHER PROJECTS ONE OF THE KEY PIECES WE SKIPPED OVER ON THE GRAND SIDE WE ALSO COMPLETED THE STATEWIDE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND COUNTY VULNERABILITY WHICH NOW PUTS YOU INTO THE POT OF MONEY TO BE ELIGIBLE EVERY YEAR FOR THE FLORIDA RESILIENCY GRANT PROGRAM SO THAT IS A 50-50 FUNDING MATCH PROGRAM THAT IS COMPETITIVE BUT DOABLE A LOT OF FOLKS WE ARE WORKING WITH SUCCESSFULLY GET A JOB BUILT INTO THAT EVERY FEW YEARS WITH A KEY THE PROJECT HAS TO BE RESILIENT TO FUTURE FLOOD FORECAST CF TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE AREA BEYOND WHAT THE ISSUE IS TODAY BUT ALMOST OVERSIZE FOR THE FUTURE ISSUES PLANNING AHEAD. AS THE TIDES CHANGE OR RAINFALL INTENSITY CHANGE IT WILL BE THERE BECAUSE NOW WE PUT THE ASSETS IN AND RETURNED TO PUT THEM IN A 100 OR 50 OR LIFESPAN LASTING WANT TO DO IS RECOMMEND A PROJECT TAB YOU UPSET 10 YEARS FROM NOW BECAUSE IT'S TOO SMALL. YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE CAPITAL TWICE. THE BIG EXPENSE FOR DOING THIS IS DIGGING UP THE ROAD PUTTING THE ROAD BACK CHANGING PIPE SIZES BUT A SMALL PART OF THE PROJECT. ALL THE ROAD WE WORK WITH DISRUPTION TO THE PUBLIC SO DO THAT ONCE AND LET'S DO IT

RIGHT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS RICHARD MENTIONED TO ME IN THE BRIEF WAS IF WE MOVE FORWARD AND COME UP

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>> THERE WILL BE A NEW MAP STORMWATER CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO .5 MILLION PER FUNDING WILL NOT CUT IT HOW YOU WANT TO GET THERE IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.

>> YOU WILL COME BACK AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. RICHARD TALKED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE ORDINANCE BROAD ENOUGH THAT HE COULD DO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE AND HE MENTIONED ONE AREA IN MY DISTRICT. NONE OF US WERE ON THE BOARD THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DISCUSSED BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS A LOT OF MY DISTRICT OBJECTED BECAUSE THEY LIVE ON DIRT ROADS, THEY DON'T HAVE PAVED SURFACES DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND RICHARD WAS TELLING ME THAT IN ONE AREA OF MY DISTRICT THEY USED PAVING ROADS TO PREVENT STORM WATER RUNNING SOLD AND DIRT OFF INTO WATERWAYS. THAT DID NOT OCCUR TO ME UNTIL HE SAID THAT SOMETHING HE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED IF WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF YOUR DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF OURS ARE MOVING AWAY FROM HAVING ANY OF THOSE PUBLIC DIRT ROADS BUT THEY ALL HAVE PRIVATE DIRT ROAD. ANYWAY I THOUGHT THAT

WAS WORTHWHILE TO MENTION. >> THERE IS WASTE TO HOPEFULLY COVER THAT WITH THE EROSION ISSUES WITH WATER QUALITY ISSUES, WE MENTIONED YOU CAN ALSO CRAFT IT TO DESIGNATE HOW MUCH OF THE FUNDING GOES TO WHAT. YOU CAN SAY WE WON 65% OF FUNDING RAISED BY THIS TO BE FOR MAINTENANCE AND 35% CAPITAL. IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO SET CONTROLS ON NOT GETTING TO RUNWAY WE DON'T DO ANY CAPITAL OR ALL CAPITAL YOU LEAVE IT TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AND STAFF RING EVERY YEAR AND YOU LET PRIORITIES CHANGE. THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT CAN BE DONE WHICH IS WHY I SAY IT'S BE ON THE MASTER PLAN EATING BETTER DIRECTION OF WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AND WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF ON HERE IS THE SUITE OF OPTIONS WITH RATHER DETAILED WORKSHOP SO THERE CAN BE BACK AND FORTH WHAT IF WE DID THIS OR THAT AND A SECOND PATIENT PATIENT HAVING INPUT THEN LOOK AT ONE OF THE TOP OPTIONS OR WHAT IS THE TOP OPTION BEFORE YOU MOVED TO ORDINANCE WRITING. I FORESEE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 MONTHS SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE

FORWARD WITH THIS TOPIC. >> FIRST ARE THE QUESTIONS FOR

BRIAN OR JUSTIN? >> I HAVE ONE MORE. MOST CURRENT FUNDING COMES FROM AD VALOREM. THE OTHER STORMWATER FEES AND

EXEMPTIONS? >> NOT SPECIFIC TO THOSE COMMUNITIES. TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SET UP THE FEE YOU WILL HAVE EXEMPTIONS PARTICULARLY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS OR YOU MAY GET MITIGATION CREDITS FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SOME PRIVATELY MAINTAINED ON-SITE SYSTEM THAT DOES THE BULK OF THE TREATMENT. THINK ABOUT COMMUNITIES THE HOA COMMUNITY STORM WATER POND WITHOUT FALL STRUCTURE THEY ARE CONTROLLING AND CAPTURING AND MAINTAINING A LOT OF STORMWATER SO THEY MAY GET MITIGATION CREDITS AND YOU HAVE SOME PROPERTY TYPES THAT ARE EXEMPT. THESE OPTIONS ARE AT YOUR PLEASURE. THAT'S PART OF THE FINANCIAL MONITORING AND THE LIVER PULLING THE CAN BE DONE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS ON HOW MUCH CREDIT TO GIVE HOW FAR DOWN DO YOU WANT TO GO OR NOT GO WITH EXEMPTIONS THERE'S A DISCUSSION WE HAVE WITH STAFF ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE BASED ON RUNOFF ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTY SYSTEM NOT SO MUCH ON HOUSE SIZE WE HAVE LARGER LOTS AND SANDY SOILS VERSUS OTHER DENSELY SET UP COMMUNITIES THAT CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT IMPACT ON THE COUNTY STORMWATER SYSTEM THERE WAYS TO SET UP THE RATE MODEL TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT SO THESE ARE ALL THE POSSIBILITIES BUT AS WITH ANY MATH PROBLEM THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO GET THERE WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION WE CAN START HEADING DOWN A PATH AND PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH AN UPDATE AND A WORKSHOP DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH.

>> SO HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED? >> THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE

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YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME THIS CAME UP IT WAS A FLAT FEE $60 PER PARCEL , FOR 75,000 PARCELS, APPROXIMATELY FOUR OR 4.5 MILLION AND THAT DID NOT WORK. AND THERE WAS A PERCEPTION OF IT NOT BEING VARIED BECAUSE THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE ROOFING SIZE, THE SIZE OF THE DRIVEWAYS, NONE OF THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND IT WAS PERCEIVED AS BEING UNFAIR. ALSO OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS FROM THE WORKSHOPS AND FROM THE BOARD WE WOULD GET DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WOULD PHASE THIS IN. YOU WANT TO PHASE IT IN LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE OR NOT BUT REALLY TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE THE CHOICES WOULD BE JUST TO ACCEPT IT AND TO CONTINUE WHAT WE ARE DOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS MAYBE GET MEGAN TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON MORE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW WE HAVE THIS STUFF, TO ASK AND GET A CONTRACT ASK TO TAKE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE STORMWATER UTILITY. UNLESS THERE IS CONSENSUS ON IT, WE COULD END TONIGHT BECAUSE IT DOES COST MONEY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS IT IS APPROXIMATELY 100 IT IS APPROXIMATELY $100-$200,000 TO CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT TO DEVELOP THE STORMWATER UTILITY.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. WE LOOKED AT IT AND ASSUMING WE DON'T GO WAY OVERBOARD ON MEETINGS WE ARE CONFIDENT TO KEEP IT UNDER 150 SO WE SHOULD BE BETWEEN THAT, HOW MANY MEETINGS WE HAVE HOW MANY ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE EACH TENTATIVE IF WE BRING A HARD NUMBER WE WILL RUN PARCELS TO THE MAT AND SAY WITH THIS SET UP THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD CALCULATE. AT THE PARCEL LEVEL SO SOMEBODY WILL COME AND GO HERE'S WHAT XYZ COLLEGE AVENUE WILL BE. YOU WOULD HAVE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN NOT JUST, IT'S REALLY THIS NUMBER TO GET TO THE ALTERNATIVES WE WOULD RUN EVERY PARCEL TO COME ALL THE MITIGATION AND POTENTIAL EXEMPTIONS, ALL THE CHANGE FOR IMPERVIOUS AREA. FOR ANY DIFFERENT SCENARIO SO WHEN WE STAND BEFORE YOU THE WORKSHOP AND SAY THIS PLAN WOULD GENERATE THIS MUCH MONEY THAT IS WHAT IT WOULD GENERATE YOUR ONE AND IF WE TAKE THE FINANCIAL MODEL PUT IT IN ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND GET THREE VOTES ON TWO NIGHTS , THREE WEEKS APART IT WOULD ROLL RIGHT IN WE WERE NOT COME BACK AND SAY WE SAID IT WOULD BE THIS NOW SOMETHING ELSE. FOR EACH SCENARIO WE WILL RUN IT THROUGH AS IF IT'S GOING FINAL SO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SCENARIOS AND WORKSHOPS THAT'S WHERE THE FEE STARTS TO WIGGLE BUT WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THE DATA AND DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH STAFF THAT WE WILL KEEP THIS UNDER

150. >> WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS TO BRING THE CONTRACT BACK NOVEMBER 10 SO THE BOARD IS HERE AND THEN TO ASK YOU IF YOU COULD COME BACK AGAIN. AND ADDRESS ANY FINALS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT.

>> ABSOLUTELY AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS WE WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER. IF SOMETHING IS IN OR OUT.

>> I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, FOR THE NOVEMBER 10 CONVERSATION IS THE RELIABILITY IS THEIR FINANCIAL OR LEGAL LIABILITY THAT THE COUNTY PUTS THEMSELVES UNDER NOW WE HAD THE STUDY WHICH WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO BUT IF WE DO NOTHING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE THINGS , SOME OF THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS IF WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD TRYING TO FIGURE THOSE OUT WHATEVER, THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN COME BACK AND GIVE US YOUR OPINION. I DON'T KNOW IF THROUGH YOUR ATTORNEYS IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS EXAMPLES IT POPPED INTO MY HEAD. NOW THAT WE

KNOW. >> MADAM CHAIR I THINK IT BEGS THE QUESTION. BRIAN, COULD YOU RECOMMEND TO US THAT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS OR GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS OR A STORM UTILITY STUDY IF IT WERE ILLEGAL

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TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION? >> NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE

LEGAL PART. >> IN ANOTHER WAY THE QUESTION TO COUNCIL WAS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, NOW WE KNOW WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED. SO, SINCE WE HAVE THESE IN FRONT OF US , IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE WITH THREE OPTIONS YOU PRESENTED ARE WE IN LEGAL JEOPARDY BECAUSE THE AVENUES THAT WE HAVE DO NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONTRACT, SO TWO OF THEM DO NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONTRACT. SO BASED ON THE QUESTION, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IF WE DECIDE TO EXERCISE TWO OF THE OPTIONS NOT THE STORMWATER UTILITY STUDY, WE POTENTIALLY PUTTING OURSELVES IN LEGAL JEOPARDY BECAUSE THOSE ARE OPTIONS YOU PROVIDED TO US.

>> HAVE TO DEFER TO THE ATTORNEY AS I AM NOT ONE FOR LEGAL

RAMIFICATIONS. >> THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE JUNCTURE IN WHICH YOU ARE ASKING TO BRING BACK A RESPONSE TO US IS MOVING FORWARD WITH STORMWATER UTILITY RIGHT? SO IN ESSENCE YOU HAVE SELECTED AN OPTION.

>> I THINK WHAT HOWARD IS RECOMMENDING IS FOR US TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL SO AT THAT JUNCTURE SHOULD THE COUNTY ATTORNEY CHANGE IT YOU WOULD SHOOT IT DOWN AND THE SCOPE WOULD GET SHREDDED. IT WOULD NOT OBLIGATE YOU, WE WILL BRING BACK THE PROPOSAL THAT T■ODAY IS OT OBLIGATING YOU TO ANYTHING. THERE WILL BE A VOTE AT A LATER

DATE. >> I AM ASKING IN CONJUNCTION TO A PROPOSAL FOR THIS STUDY IS A LEGAL OPINION ON KIND OF WHERE WE SIT TODAY BECAUSE IT'S A SCOPE LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TODAY BUT WE KNOW OUR ÚMONEY WILL NOT GENERATE ENOUGH TO DO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE CURRENT STATE BUT WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT DIFFERENTLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER ANSWER WILL COME BACK TO, BUT AS FAR AS I GUESS IT COULD BE WE GO AFTER MORE GRANTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SHE COULD COME BACK AND SAY YOU DON'T TO DO THE STUDY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GRANTS OR THEY MAY FIND IT COULD BE IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S WORK, MEGAN OR BRIAN AND HIS TEAM MAY FIND THAT WE ELIMINATE OURSELVES FROM SOME GRANT FUNDING IF WE DON'T MOVE IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. SO NOT AS MUCH AS THE, THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE COUNTY FINANCIALLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OPTIONS OF YOU KNOW SO FOR INSTANCE WITH THE SEPTIC TANK STUFF THAT PASSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WE HAD TO DO THAT STUDY THAT'S PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THAT , DOING THAT BY MOVING ON THOSE DATES WE BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR STATE GRANT FUNDING AND IF WE HAD NOT BY THOSE DATES WE ELIMINATED WE WERE OR WHAT HAVE BEEN BUT WE MOVED IN TIME TO DO IT SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MY QUESTION IS MORE OF. SO YOU KNOW I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK, I THINK THEY WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE SAME TIME BUT I DON'T THINK IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STUDY NOVEMBER 10 THAT WE WOULD BE CHOOSING TO GO DOWN A LEGAL JEOPARDY PATH.

>> CHAIR ? I KNOW YOU WANT CONSENSUS WE WILL COME BACK WITH

PROPOSAL THAT IS IT RIGHT NOW >> YES MA'AM AND HE AND I TALKED ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN BASICALLY IT'S DONE .

>> DRAFT FINAL PENDING ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AND STAFF WE WILL BE TAKING THE DRAFT PART OF THE TOP AND TURN IT IN HIS FINAL DOCUMENT THIS MONTH. SO THAT PROJECT WILL COME TO A CLOSE AND WE WILL BE AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD OF IS THERE ANOTHER STORMWATER STUDY TO LOOK AT THE UTILITY OR WILL YOU KEEP TRYING TO WORK THE PLAN WITH THE FIRST

TWO FUNDING OPTIONS. >> COULD YOU GET IT TO US FOR US TO DISTRIBUTE EACH BOARD MEMBER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS? THAT IS NOT

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THE PROPOSAL. THAT'S THIS PART. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HAD AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOING TO BE RATHER THICK.

>> THE FULL DOCUMENT, THESE 10 SLIDES ARE BACKED UP BY A LARGE

REPORT. >> THAT'S WHY NOVEMBER 10 IS MORE FORTUITOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BINDER AND THEN COME BACK NOVEMBER 10 AND BRIEF US AND YOU WANT TO MAKE A DECISION OF YEARS THE METHODOLOGY HERE IS THE COST HERE'S THE DIRECTION AND IT WOULD BE A VOTE OR IT COULD GET DELAYED MORE.

>> AND THEN BRIAN , THE MASTER PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE

MAINTENANCE CORRECT? >> THE MASTER PLAN HAS A MAINTENANCE EVALUATION OF WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PRESCRIPTIVE LIST OF DOW SHALL MAINTAIN THIS AND THIS AND WE PUT A BOUNDARY ON IT OF WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS MAINTENANCE, WE DID A MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT RELATIVE TO THE ASSETS YOU OWN, THE LINEAR MILES OF STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT YOU HAVE LOOKING AT STANDARD PRACTICE WE WOULD EXPECT THIS MUCH MAINTENANCE TO BE OCCURRING. MEANS AND METHODS OF WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO STAFF SO IT HAS A SUMMARY OF THE

MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT IS. >> THESE ARE CURRENTLY BELOW?

>> WELL YES THE MAINTENANCE WHEN WE REVERSE ENGINEER HOW MUCH STAFF TIME IT'S ABOUT $5 MILLION PROGRAM IN YOUR UNDER THAT AND WE GOT CONFIRMATION WHEN I TALKED WITH STAFF AND WE TALKED 75 PLUS UNFUNDED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY OR STAFF TIME TO GO DO IT BECAUSE PART OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE UTILITY IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ON CAPITAL AND OUTSOURCING YOU COULD ADD STAFF AND EQUIPMENT TO GO TAKE CARE OF THINGS YOURSELVES THAT'S PART OF HOW DO YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS TO BEST ACHIEVE THE RESULTS,

THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED . >> I CAN TELL YOU IN ABOUT MINE MONTH COMING UP ON A YEAR I HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION AND IN THE PAST YEAR, IT HAS NOT BEEN ABOUT GARBAGE, IT HAS NOT BEEN ABOUT POTHOLES, IT IS NOT BEEN ABOUT RUNAWAY DOGS. THE NUMBER ONE THING I'VE DEALT WITH IS STORMWATER. SOME PEOPLE IN SOME NOT GOOD SITUATIONS. THERE WAS A GUY AND THANKS TO ERIC I HAD AN EMAIL TODAY THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. ERIC HOWARD AND I WENT TO HIS HOUSE , HE ACQUIRED THE HOME IN 2018. THERE IS A THREE-FOOT COUNTY DRAINPIPE THAT RUNS LITERALLY EIGHT FEET FROM THE CORNER OF HIS HOME AND I WAS TELLING HOWARD I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD'VE APPROVED PUTTING A DRAINPIPE THIS CLOSE TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE. IT HAD TO BE VARIANCE THERE WAS NO WAY SOMEONE SAID LET'S PUT THE DRAIN RIGHT HERE. IN A WAY TOO MUCH KNOW ABOUT CORRUGATED METAL PIPING AND LONG STORY SHORT LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT AND FLEMING ISLAND AND EAGLE HARBOR AND FLEMING ISLAND PLANTATION THE COMMUNITIES ARE NOW THE END-OF-LIFE 30 YEARS THE COUNTY DREAMS THAT'S IT. HOW IT WOULD EQUATE IT IS WHEN I WAS 13 MY DENTIST TOLD ME TO TAKE MY WISDOM TEETH OUT AND I'M SCARED TO GO SIT IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY TOUGH DECISION FOR THIS BOARD TO MAKE , BUT I HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST YEAR THAT BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE CAN BECOME BEING FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. AND WITH THE EXAMPLE, THAT WAS KIND OF THE FLASH PAN OF, HEY, THIS COULD HAPPEN. GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, THIS PAST BUDGET -- YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CUT TO GET TO THAT POINT OF $5 MILLION JUST OF MAINTENANCE ? I LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT , WHICH SUMMED UP TO ALMOST $8 MILLION. FOR ME , A LOT OF THESE ROADS, IT IS NOT JUST ONE RESIDENT. IT IS A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFECTED. I THINK IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS NOT BRIGHT AND SHINY. LET'S TALK STORM WATER. BUT IT IS THE BASIC CORE FUNCTION OF WHAT WE DO. AND IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFINITELY LOOK

AT. >> COMMISSIONER, I WOULD ADD TO THAT, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS A PROJECT THAT IS NOT EVEN ON THE LIST. THAT IS ANOTHER EMERGENCY REPAIR. YOU GOT A

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>> YOU TALK ABOUT RISK. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LIABILITY.

THANKFULLY ERIC AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO -- WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE IMMEDIATE NATURE OF THE SITUATION. $52,000 TO FIX THAT . SO THEY HAD TO MOVE A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WAS NOT AS URGENT. SO, BUT FROM A RISK PERSPECTIVE, IF LET'S SAY HIS HOUSE CAVES IN, NOW WE GET A LAWSUIT AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ONCE AGAIN COST US MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN . SO IT IS DEFINITELY AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

>> ONE OF THOSE TOPICS WE HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS NEVER GOOD WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STORM

WATER. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL FROM BACK ON NOVEMBER 10TH AND A RISK ASSESSMENT AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD ALSO GET THE

FULL PLAN . >> WE WILL GET THE MASTER PLAN

TO YOU GUYS. >> WE WILL MAKE SURE. WE WILL MAKE SURE -- WE WILL GET A PRINT OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU. IN THE

BINDER. >> THANK YOU, ALL BRIDGE

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>> THANK YOU. >> THANKS, BRIAN.

>> NUMBER 22. 218. EXCUSE ME. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THROUGH THE BOARD , CHAIR. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO FOLLOW UP FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 23RD BOARD MEETING WHERE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON COUNTY ROAD 218 . AND WITH US THIS EVENING PRESENTING THE OPTIONS IS CARLOS CAMPOS, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, AND RICHARDS-SMITH. COUNTY ENGINEER. BOTH HAVE INPUT. JOSH MADDOX UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

PERSONAL TO ATTEND TO. I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO CARLOS . AND HE WILL RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES. AND AT THE END, SOME DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING COME BOARD. CARLOS. W G.I. REPRESENTATIVE.

COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT THE BOND TRANSPORTATION TEAM EVALUATE THE REMOVAL OF MEDIANS WITHIN THE EAST AND WEST PORTIONS OF DOLPHIN AVENUE ON COUNTY ROAD 218. THIS PRESENTATION IS OUR FINDINGS. THE SECTION IN QUESTION EAST OF AVENUE IS APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. MEDIANS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. WE EVALUATED THIS SECTION FOR THE FEASIBILITY OF REMOVAL OF THE MEDIANS AND TRAFFIC SEPARATORS AND DETERMINED THIS ROADWAY SECTION CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS AN CLASS TWO FOR CONTENT CLASSIFICATION WHERE NONRESTRICTED MEDIANS ARE ALLOWED. WITH THE REDUCTION OF SPEED OF 245 MILES PER HOUR OR 40 MILES PER HOUR. EXCUSE ME. THE PROPOSED REVISION WILL INCORPORATE IN LIEU OF THE CURRENT FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND COUNTY ENGINEER , WE ALL AGREED THAT THIS CHANGE COULD BE CAPTURED WITH OVER AND UNDER ON QUANTITIES AND NO DELAYS ARE ANTICIPATED. W G.I. INVESTIGATED THE DIFFERENCE IN QUANTITIES AND ESTIMATED THIS COST TO BE ROUGHLY $15,000 FOR THE EAST SECTION. SIMILAR TO THE EAST SECTION, THE WEST SECTION OF DOLPHIN WAS EVALUATED FOR REMOVAL OF MEDIANS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND TRAFFIC SEPARATORS DENOTED IN ORANGE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS SECTION ELIMINATES MORE MEDIANS COMPARED TO THE SECTION EAST OF DOLPHIN, HENCE MORE ASPHALT WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE PROPOSED REVISION WEST OF DOLPHIN -- APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET . AND WE ESTIMATE THIS CHANGE TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $45,000. IN SUMMARY, TO ACCOMMODATE THE LEFT TURN LANES, WE WOULD NEED TO REDUCE THE SPEED TO 40 MILES AN HOUR FOR IT ALL CHANGES WOULD REQUIRE CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGNER AND CONTRACTOR AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE CONTRACTORS CURRENTLY WORKING THIS AREA AND ANY DELAY IN PROVIDING DIRECTION COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL COSTS DUE TO REWORK.

WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND

DISCUSSION. >> SO WITH THAT, AS CARLOS

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AGAIN, ANDERSON IS OUT THERE CURRENTLY WORKING THAT SECTION OF ROAD. AND IF WE COME BACK IN A FEW MONTHS AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO PULL OPTIONS, THAT MEDIAN MIGHT ALREADY BE BUILT AT THAT TIME AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT OUT AND IT WOULD COST A

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MORE. >> SO I BROUGHT THE STACK OF PAPER PETITIONS . AND I HAVE GIVEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SURROUNDING RESIDENTS . SO MY ASK WOULD BE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MUCH LIKE COMMISSIONER BURKE'S WHERE I WOULD JUST WORK WITH RICHARD TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING IN MY DISTRICT THAT WOULD DELAY IN THE BUDGET TO ANOTHER BUDGET YEAR

AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS. >> TO THE CHAIR. SO IT REALLY ISN'T BECAUSE RUSSELL JUST HAD CONNECTING THEIR PARKING LOTS.

SO THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY A MEDIAN CUT OR MEDIAN OPENING.

WHAT IS IT? >> WE REFER TO THEM AS DUAL LEFTS. REMOVING THE MEDIAN 800 FEET ON ONE SECTION AND 600 ON THE OTHER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT DUAL LEFT .

>> WHICH IS REALLY WHAT THIS BOARD SAID THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH WITH RUSSELL. AND IS THERE OTHER AREAS ON 218 THAT ARE GOING TO BE SAYING, OKAY, YOU DID IT FOR ME. NOW LET'S DO IT -- WHAT DO YOU THINK WITH THAT, RICHARD?

>> THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF 218 IS PROPOSED TO BE FOUR LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY. A LOT OF DRIVEWAYS. A LOT OF BUSINESSES. A LOT OF RESIDENCES AS YOU CONTINUE WEST.

>> THAT IS NOT TRUE. THIS ONLY GOES --

>> BUT FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS IS PROBABLY IT . YOU KNOW, WE ARE

-- >> LITERALLY RIGHT BEYOND .

>> AND THE OMEGA PARK ACCESS STAYS THE SAME. LEFT TURN STORAGE LIEN FOR TURNING LEFT GOING INTO THE PARK DOESN'T CHANGE. YOU STILL HAVE -- THERE IS NOTHING I DON'T THINK CHANGES ON THE OMEGA PARK DRIVEWAY. IT IS STILL A FULL ACCESS DRIVEWAY SO WE ARE FINE THERE. IT IS SOMETHING. YES, LATER ON. THE ACCESS CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROAD IS KIND OF IMPORTANT. ACCESS TWO MEANS THIS IS A BUSY ROAD BUT IT IS MORE LIKE A RURAL ROAD TRANSITIONING TO A MORE URBAN ROAD WITH MORE BUSINESSES AND STUFF AND MORE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. IT WILL CHANGE S ACCESS CLASSIFICATION IN A FEW YEARS IF GROWTH CONTINUES. AT THAT POINT, IT MAY FIND THAT THIS HAS TO BE RECTIFIED . BUT FOR NOW IT WORKS.

>> WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS FAR AS SAFETY? IF WE ALLOW IT .

>> WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED IS LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ADVISED TO ON A FIVE-LANE ROAD.

>> DESIGN POST WOULD BE 45 IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES. BUT IT WOULD BE LEFT TURN LANES GOING IN. THE SPEED WOULD HAVE TO BE REDUCED TO 40 INSTEAD OF 45. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BETWEEN RUSSELL BAPTIST AND THIS SCENARIO . THAT DISCUSSION.

RUSSELL BAPTIST WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE AGREEMENT THEY HAD AGREED TO IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THEY BASICALLY CAME BACK . THOSE MONIES WERE THEN GIVEN TO RUSSELL BAPTIST TO MAKE CHANGES ON THEIR PROPERTY AND CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE MEDIAN ON

COUNTY ROAD 739 . >> ARE WE FEELING LIKE WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IF WE DO IT LIKE THIS? OR ARE WE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE LATER BECAUSE WE DID THIS? YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS --

>> WE WOULD NOT BE IN TROUBLE LATER BUT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. I WAS EXPLAINING TO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS EARLIER THAT THE NEWEST BUILDING IS FAMILY DOLLAR. EVERY OTHER STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE IT IS -- I CAME BACK FROM ATLANTA. WE GOT TO GO TO THE NEW PLACE. THAT WAS PROBABLY 1994. SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT. THIS NEW ROAD IS GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE , YOU KNOW -- IT IS JUST GOING TO OPEN UP THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S GOING TO FLOURISH. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

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AND WITH THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND MAYBE HAVE YOUR TRAFFIC . BUT NO. AND IT IS SAFE NOW. THAT IS THE POINT. COMING BACK LATER, I'M SURE THAT WHEN 220 WAS PLANNED OUT WE WANTED TO GIVE WALMART, TARGET, WINN-DIXIE, PUBLIX EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP OUT THERE, SO THEY HAD THESE OPEN MEDIANS. WE FIND OUT LATER AS THE TRAFFIC COUNT GETS UP TO 35, 40,000 THAT YOU GET A LOT OF ACCIDENTS. YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING BAD DECISIONS. AND WE HAD MAKE CHANGES TO THAT THIS PAST YEAR. AND THAT IS WHAT I FORESEE ON THIS. AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE THAT LONG. HOPEFULLY IT WILL LAST AND BE GOOD FOR 15, 20 YEARS. BUT THAT IS WHAT I SEE. THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT NOW. IT MEETS THE CRITERIA. IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT WE MAY NEED SOMEBODY ELSE. A DIFFERENT COUNTY ENGINEER. A DIFFERENT BOARD WILL PROBABLY LOOKING AND SAYING, WE'VE HAD SO MANY ACCIDENTS THERE, WE'VE GOT TO START RESTRICTING ACCESS AND GET IT BACK UNDER CONTROL. WE DID THAT ON 220. SO --

>> MADAM CHAIR? JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, CHANGE CREATE SOMETHING WE CALL SUICIDE LANE . THEY CALL THAT FOR A REASON.

>> TRY TO AVOID SUICIDE LANES. OPPOSING LEFT TURN.

>> BIDIRECTIONAL LANES. >> MADAM CHAIR , ONE OTHER OBSERVATION . I THINK THERE WAS AN ACCUSATION THAT WE DID NOT MARKET THIS 218 CHANGE OR RENOVATION WELL ENOUGH , BUT I THINK THE EVIDENCE DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT.

>> WELL , WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE . MULTIPLE LETTERS THAT ARE REQUIRED. MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. AND OUR P.I.O. -- THEY ARE COUNTING WELL OVER 1 MILLION CONTACTS FOR DIFFERENT ROAD PROJECTS . WHAT CONTACT IS ACTUALLY MADE, WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA BEING PUSHED OUT AND/OR REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION BROUGHT IN. >> BUT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THIS WERE THREE YEARS BEFORE HE PROJECT WAS STARTED BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT SITUATION. AND THEN WE DID NOT HAVE UPDATED PUBLIC MEETINGS. SO THE PUBLIC INPUT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE

RUSSELL SITUATION BECAUSE -- >> WE HAD ONE IN 2021 AND THEN AGAIN -- RUSSELL BAPTIST , WHICH WAS THE SECOND ONE A YEAR AND A

HALF LATER. >> YEAH. AND THEY WERE UPSET.

THEY DIDN'T GET A MEDIAN BREAK. THEY STILL DIDN'T GET A MEDIAN

BREAK. >> EVEN PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN WE BEGIN PERMIT, WE ARE LEGALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT LETTERS TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER ON THE BOARD.

>> LANDLORD THAT DIDN'T TELL THE TENANTS AND THE TENANTS WERE ALL THE ONES THAT WERE HERE. AND THEN THE LANDLORD DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP AT THE MEETING. I GUESS SHE PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TENDONS -- TENANTS.

>> WE SENT OUT LETTERS. AGAIN, THERE IS 70 OR SO ACTUAL PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE TOUCHING ALONG THE CORRIDOR . SO OBVIOUSLY WITH 251 LETTERS THAT WENT OUT IN THAT AREA ALONG THE CORRIDOR DISAGREE, ED . YOU SAID THE LETTERS WHEN IT WAS PINE TREE LANE TO COSMOS. AND THEN -- THEN THE MONEY -- LET'S BE REAL. THE MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT WENT TO DISTRICT FIVE. AND SO WHEN THE PROJECT GOT PULLED BACK FROM COSMOS TO MASTERS, THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT GOT A LETTER. AND SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN I TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS , YEAH, THEY THINK THESE PROJECTS ARE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. CARLOS TOLD ME THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THIS FOUR LANE DIVIDED PART OF 218 WERE DONE IN 1994. THESE PEOPLE -- SOMEBODY HAS TOLD THEM WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND 218 FOR 40 YEARS. AND YET -- DID I DO MY MATH WRONG? THAT IS HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN OUT OF COLLEGE. BUT AT ANY RATE, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO THEN NOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE UP UNTIL -- I MEAN, IT WAS 2023, 24 WHEN YOU

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>> MY POINT ABOUT THE LETTER -- THAT MANY MORE, IF YOU WOULD.

DEFINITELY WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR AND THEN SOME EVEN MORE. COVERED AN EVEN WIDER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. SO AGAIN, HE 74 FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT ALL THE WAY OUT BEYOND THE NEXT INTERSECTION BEYOND MIMOSA. SO TO MY POINT BEING, WE CONTACTED NOT ONLY THE FOLKS BUT ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOODS ADJOINED TO IT.

>> NOT TO MENTION EVERY DRIVEWAY WE HAVE TOUCHED WITHIN THE CORRIDOR. THEY GOT A LETTER AND POTENTIALLY LICENSE AGREEMENT.

>> AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS ACTUALLY TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT

TO SPENCER. >> THE STUDY GOES TO CORA SPENCER.

AND NO ONE SECONDED IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. BUT I

GUESS -- >> THANK YOU.

[25.  Approval of Letter of Recognition - Wilson Denver Key]

>> THANKS FOR THE WORK, GUYS. WE ARE AT NUMBER 25. APPROVAL OF LETTER OF RECOGNITION. FOR WILSON DENVER KEY.

>> YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT?

>> SURE. >> YEAH. WILL SEND IN RICKY WAS -- WAS A NAVY PILOT THAT SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. A4 PILOTS SHOT DOWN AND WAS A RESIDENT P.O.W. FOR I THINK FIVE PLUS YEARS IN HANOI HILTON. QUITE HONESTLY, HE BECAME INVISIBLE. NO ONE EVEN KNEW HE LIVED IN CLAY COUNTY. I TALKED TO DALE . HE SAID HE KNEW HIM BUT HE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING DEALING WITH P.O.W. PROBABLY SUCH A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE. PROBABLY DID NOT LIKE IT THE FIRST TIME HE WAS THERE AND DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT FOREVER. I WA CONTACTED BY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A FUNERAL THERE THIS WEEKEND. THIS SATURDAY . THE PASTOR THERE ASKED IF WE WOULD DO A LETTER OF RECOGNITION FOR HIS FAMILY.

SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SIGN THIS LETTER AND PRESENT IT TO

HIS FAMILY . >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS THE LEAST WE COULD DO. THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO US.

>> DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT, COURTNEY ? OKAY. SO I IMAGINE THAT IS A MOTION AND THAT IS A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, INDICATED BY SAYING AYE.

[26.  Bid Opening Tabulations (K Smith)]

[COUNTY ATTORNEY]

>> YES, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION DID MEET AND THEY SET THEIR SECOND MEETING FOR NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 20TH , AT 5:00 P.M. THEY HAVE ALSO GONE AHEAD AND SET THEIR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER MEETINGS. THEY WILL BE THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 5:00. THAT'S IT.

>> COURTNEY, SAY THAT AGAIN. THE THIRD MONDAY ?

>> WELL, JUST THROUGH DECEMBER. OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. AND THEN THEY WILL DECIDE BASED ON THEIR WORKLOAD HOW THEY WANT TO

MOVE. >> OKAY.

[COUNTY MANAGER]

>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR COURTNEY? COUNTY MANAGER.

>> MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, THREE ITEMS. FIRST ONE JUST TO

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IN THEIR IT GIVES YOU THEIR WEBSITE AND WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH REGARDS TO BURNING BRIDGE SECOND HING I HAVE IS THAT NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL AWARDS FOR 2025. THE NOMINATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED UNTIL NOVEMBER 7TH.

THAT IS A FRIDAY. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY THURSDAY . I CAN HAVE TERESA SEND OUT THOSE FORMS INDIVIDUALLY. AND THE AREAS WOULD BE CULTURAL HISTORICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, HEALTHCARE PLANNING, PUBLIC SAFETY , QUALITY OF LIFE , AND LEADERSHIP. SO IF THAT IS OKAY, I WILL SEND THAT OUT AND YOU EACH CAN FILL THOSE OUT IF YOU SO DESIRE. LAST THING I HAVE IS JUST A BIG REMINDER. WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE DATE BUT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY GETS THIS OUT. I KNOW LAURA HAS ALREADY BEEN PUTTING IT OUT. OUR FIRST BCC MEETING IN NOVEMBER WILL BE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, DUE TO HOLIDAY VETERANS DAY BEING ON TUESDAY. SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY HEARS THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ? THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

>> ANYTHING FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER? ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER SGROMOLO.

>> PRETTY SHORT TODAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WHEN WE GOT TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND SEE SAM GARRISON'S DESIGNATION CEREMONY TO BE THE 91ST SPEAKER OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND JUST WHAT AN OUTSTANDING SHOWING FROM CLAY COUNTY. BUT I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE OF FLORIDA IN THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE. THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS AWESOME. IT IS NOT JUST AWESOME FOR CLAY BUT IT IS AWESOME FOR THE REGION. I THINK THAT WAS ONE THING I TOOK AWAY.

THE PARTNERSHIPS IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGION. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SAM AND HIS FAMILY . IT WAS REALLY COOL SEEING HIS DAUGHTERS AND HIS WIFE THERE ON THE FLOOR.

JUST A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. AND THEN LASTLY, I GOT A NEW, FRESH FACE THAT IS OUT THERE. HE IS GOING TO BE MY NEW UNPAID INTERN, TAYLOR WHITE, FROM HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS ALREADY EMBARRASSED . BUT TAYLOR IS GOING TO BE BOPPING AROUND. IF YOU SEE HIM, MAKE SURE YOU SAY HELLO. HE'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR AS AN INTERN WITH ME LEARNING THE PROCESS AND SEEING HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE ON THE BACKEND GRID SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. WELCOME ABOARD, TAYLOR. UNPAID INTERN.

>> COMMISSIONER BURKE. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE WEEK.

>> COMMISSIONER . >> THREE THINGS. FIRST, NEXT WEEK ON THE 23RD, 6:00 P.M., THE OAKLEY LIBRARY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. LAURA , COULD YOU COME UP FOR A MOMENT AND CLARIFY THE LOCATION CONCERN ? SO I LEARNED JUST YESTERDAY THAT THERE WAS A COMPLICATION -- MINOR -- IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE PUBLIC AS TO THE LOCATION AND WHERE IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE. AND WHILE SHE IS PULLING THAT UP , AGAIN, THAT IS NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY, 6:00 P.M. LOCATION IS COMING UP IN A MOMENT. ON THE EIGHTH OF NOVEMBER NEXT MONTH IN LESS THAN A MONTH, THE VETERANS DAY 5K FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL WATCHING , THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND SPECIAL IN THAT WE, THE BCC, GOT TO PARTNER WITH THE CLAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE VETERANS COUNCIL . OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO START THE RACE AT 8:00 A.M. FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE. I ACTUALLY GOT TO HOP ON A CALL LAST WEEK WITH OUR BELOVED MIKE ON HIS RADIO SHOW TO PROMOTE THE EVENT. MIKE , I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE. YOU ARE ALWAYS PAYING ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR JUST REMAINING INVOLVED. HE IS A CLASS ACT. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS LAST WEEK WAS REALLY SPECIAL BEING IN TALLAHASSEE WITH OUR VERY OWN REPRESENTATIVE GARRISON , AND TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD RULER -- ROOM . TO SEE HOW MONUMENTAL THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR HIM BUT FOR

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>> YEAH. WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT MISCOMMUNICATION REGARDING THE LOCATION ON OUR INITIAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT WENT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY LAST WEEK . THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE HELD AT PLANTATION OAKS ATHLETIC CENTER. AND I WAS PULLING IT UP. THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME THERE. 845 OAKLEAF PLANTATION PARKWAY.

AGAIN, PLANTATION OAKS ATHLETIC CENTER. NOT THE AMENITIES CENTER AS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED. DOES HAVE THAT CHANGED . WE WILL MAKE SURE OUR UP-TO-DATE MEDIA RELEASE ALSO GETS THAT. SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER.

>> THAT'S IT. THANKS SO MUCH. CORNER OF PLANTATION OAKS BOULEVARD AND OAKLEY VILLAGE PARKWAY. THAT ATHLETIC CENTER IN

PHASE ONE. >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER RENNINGER. >> I'M GOING TO TAKE UP COMMISSIONER BURKE'S TIME A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. I RECEIVED A QUESTION ABOUT DOGS IN RESTAURANTS. RESTAURANT NOT ALLOWING DOGS . AND WE HAVE NOT UNCOVERED ANY STATUTORY PROHIBITION , BUT JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND SO IT IS LIKE PUBLIC IS ALLOWING OPEN CARRY, I THINK. AND I THINK THEY PROHIBIT DOGS AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, IT IS UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. I'M GOING TO GO BACK . WE HAD THREE WEEKS SINCE THE LAST MEETING. 50TH ANNIVERSARY. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT. I WAS AT THE REMEMBRANCE AND RECOVERY AND REMEMBRANCE EVENT AT SPRING PARK . AND IT IS A SURROGATE OR ALTERNATIVE TO THE SHERIFF'S HAMMER AND HOPE , I THINK. AND THE HAMMER AND HOPE IS DURING THE DAY. WEEKDAY. THE THOUGHT WAS IF THEY DO AN EVENT DURING THE WEEK IT WOULD BE BETTER ATTENDED. I CAN'T TELL WHETHER THE LOW ATTENDANCE WAS DUE TO THE EVENT OR THE RAINY WEATHER, BECAUSE IT RAINED ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME OR SPRINKLED THE WHOLE TIME. SO I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF WORK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT AND BRING OUT THE PEOPLE WE ONAL COUNSEL. WE HAD ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS. MILITARY INSTALLATION READINESS REVIEW . WE HAD ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS I THINK BECAUSE WE HAD ALL THE PLAYERS THERE THAT KNEW THE BACKGROUND HOW TO AFFECT THE STUDY. THE CONTRACTOR. FOCUS CONTRACTOR AND HER GANG THERE AS WELL AS JACK -- CITY OF JACKSONVILLE DID RETAIN MEMBERSHIP IN THE REGIONAL COUNSEL. THEY STUMBLED A LITTLE BIT BUT THEY SAW THE LIGHT AND ARE NOW MEMBERS. CLAY BUILDERS BREAKFAST WITH SENATOR BRADLEY. VERY ENLIGHTENING TO HEAR HER TAKE . THE QUESTION WAS PROPERTY TAX . HER COMMENTS WERE VERY , I THINK, TELLING . I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT SHE SAID.

AND I'M GOING TO PILE ON WITH THE SPEAKER. WELL, SHE SAID SHE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE SALES TAX. OKAY. NOW, WHAT ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF? BUT THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS COME OUT OF TALLAHASSEE TAX WISE . YOU MAY HEAR -- SHE DIDN'T SAY THIS , BUT YOU MAY HEAR ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS. HOMESTEAD INCREASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT SHE WAS -- SALES-TAX REPLACEMENT.

AND AS I STARTED TO SAY , THE SPEAKER DESIGNATE CEREMONY WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL MOVING EXPERIENCES I HAVE EVER ATTENDED . AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE HEARD THE WORDS -- I SAT NEAR THE FSC J PRESIDENT . I FORGET HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. HE WAS TOTALLY IMPRESSED. I WANT THEM TO WRITE

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>> THANK YOU. >> I WANTED TO -- HOWARD MENTIONED THE REGIONAL COUNSEL REGIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE.

IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT OR PERSON TO NOMINATE FOR THAT , ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE CLAY COUNTY HIGHLIGHTED. THEY ALSO HAVE THE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE NOMINATIONS OPEN . IF SOMEONE KNOWS OF SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY , THEY MEET EIGHT TIMES, STARTING IN JANUARY THROUGH ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR. I HAVE NOMINATED TWO PEOPLE IN THE PAST. THEY BOTH LEFT CLAY COUNTY. SO I AM NOMINATING SOMEONE THIS YEAR THAT IS NOT A COUNTY EMPLOYEE. DON'T WORRY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOSE ANY MORE EMPLOYEES. AT ANY RATE, IT IS A WONDERFUL THING. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, WE CAN GET APPLICATIONS AND BASICALLY IF THEY ARE NOMINATED, THEY ARE ACCEPTED. AND THEN OUR ASSIGNED DEPARTMENT IS JUST AMAZING. SO I HAD A REQUEST FROM A CONSTITUENT. AND I WORKED WITH MARY AND WITH THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT. CHARISSE AND HER TEAM. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORICAL PROOF THAT THESE COMMUNITIES EXISTED. AND SO THE SIGN DEPARTMENT WENT OUT AND PUT SIGNS UP TO SIGNIFY LONGBRANCH COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ON COUNTY ROAD 217. THAT IS WHERE TIM LIVES. AND THEN ALSO HATCHER BILL , WHICH IS KIND OF IN THE OLD JENNINGS LONG BAY AREA. THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, CHARISSE AND YOUR TEAM. SO FAR I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY OF THEM DISAPPEARING. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T. AND PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THEM UP . BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS THE SIGN DEPARTMENT IS DOING IS THEY HAD NOTICED THAT IN CLAY COUNTY NONE OF OUR WATERWAYS WERE DELINEATED WITH SIGNAGE. AND SO IN ADDITION AT THE LONGBRANCH COMMUNITY, LONGBRANCH CREEK IS NOW DELINEATED, AND THEY PUT UP OTHERS. SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE AROUND THE COUNTY. GREATLY APPRECIATE THOSE. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO OFFER MY THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THE CHARLIE KIRK THING THAT I PUT ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN I WANTED TO ALSO LEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO SAM. SAM HAS BEEN A FRIEND AND MENTOR OF MINE SINCE I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HE WOULD COME AND LOBBY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS CAME.

WE HAD PROPERTY HE REPRESENTED US AS THE SCHOOL BOARD . NOT SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY BUT HE WAS THE CONTRACTED ATTORNEY. SO HE REALLY HELPED ME IN MY EARLY, EARLY POLITICAL DAYS. AND I TOO WOULD SAY GO AND WATCH . THOSE WERE THREE. THOSE SPEECHES.

THOSE TWO COLLEAGUES OF HIS. I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING HALF AS NICE ABOUT ME AS THEY SAID ABOUT HIM BECAUSE JUST AMAZING. AND THEN SAM')S SPEECH HIMSELF. HE TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. NUMBER 51 SPECIFICALLY. HE TALKED ABOUT HUMILITY. HE TALKED ABOUT COMPLACENCY AND HOW WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPLACENT. FINALLY, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU A QUICK QUOTE. HE ENDED HIS SPEECH WITH A TRIBUTE TO THE ONLY PREVIOUS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FROM CLAY COUNTY. AND THAT WAS THE GREAT JOHN THRASHER, WHOM WE LOST EARLIER THIS YEAR.

BUT HE USED JOHN THRASHER'S QUOTE. AND SAM SAID JOHN SAID I WANTED TO SAY THIS TO EACH OF YOU. ERIC DENIES I'M STANDING HERE TODAY IN A ROOM FULL OF LEADERS. THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO COULD BE BEHIND US PODIUM IN MY PLACE AND PERHAPS OUGHT TO BE. I'M DEEPLY HONORED BY THE TRUST EACH OF YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME AND I PLEDGE TO YOU I WILL WORK EVERY DAY AS HARD AS I CAN TO KEEP YOUR CONFIDENCE AND SHOW YOU MY MANY THINGS.

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